RFR: Copy edits, terminology fixes, and factual corrections to the README and the introduction [v2]

Mark Reinhold mr at openjdk.java.net
Fri Jun 19 23:52:12 UTC 2020


On Fri, 19 Jun 2020 23:36:26 GMT, Mark Reinhold <mr at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Thank you for these changes!  Just a minor typo to fix before pushing.
>
> 2020/6/18 21:03:01 -0700, notifications at github.com:
>> @JesperIRL approved this pull request.
>> 
>> Thank you for these changes!  Just a minor typo to fix before pushing.
>> 
>>> what this guide has to offer. Still, the Developers' Guide should work as a source of knowledge also
>> -for experienced contributors. This means that any descriptions in the Guide should be self-contained
>> -or have explicit references to any information the reader is expected to already know. The information
>> -should also be structured in such a way that it's easy to find details for any process, so that
>> -one who already knows the big picture can quickly find that particular detail that was forgotten.
>> +for experienced contributors. Any descriptions in the Guide should thus be self-contained
>> +or have explicit references to any information thata the reader is expected to already know. The information
>> 
>> "thata" -> "that" ?
> 
> Thanks -- will fix.
> 
> - Mark

/summary
  - Change “OpenJDK community” to “OpenJDK Community”
  - Omit needless words
  - s/like/such as/g
  - Fix various typos and grammatical errors
  - Tone down “contains the defacto standard” to “suggests”
  - The OpenJDK Community was launched in November 2006, not May 2007

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/guide/pull/18


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