* [PATCH] CREDITS: Simplify the end-of-file alphabetical order comment
@ 2026-03-12  1:17 Hisam Mehboob
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From: Hisam Mehboob @ 2026-03-12  1:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: akpm, kuba, horms; +Cc: linux-kernel, rdunlap, skhan, Hisam Mehboob

The existing comment references specific individuals by name which
becomes outdated as new entries are added. Simplify it to state the
alphabetical ordering rule clearly without depending on who happens
to be the last entry.

Suggested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Hisam Mehboob <hisamshar@gmail.com>
---
 CREDITS | 7 ++-----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CREDITS b/CREDITS
index df5281ac7d88..885fb05d8816 100644
--- a/CREDITS
+++ b/CREDITS
@@ -4555,8 +4555,5 @@ D: MD driver
 D: EISA/sysfs subsystem
 S: France
 
-# Don't add your name here, unless you really _are_ after Marc
-# alphabetically. Leonard used to be very proud of being the
-# last entry, and he'll get positively pissed if he can't even
-# be second-to-last.  (and this file really _is_ supposed to be
-# in alphabetic order)
+# Don't add your name here unless you really are last alphabetically.
+# (This file is supposed to be kept in alphabetical order by last name.)
-- 
2.51.0


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