Re: [SPAM - SPF violation] Re: git: 764464af4968 - main - Fix spelling of "behavior" to be consistent with the rest of the file
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2023 12:59:28 UTC
Hi, OK, "fix" may sound not right, depending on which version you learned. "Use consistent spelling" may be a better phrase. In section 12.2 Guidelines of the FDP Primer: https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/fdp-primer/writing-style/#writing-style-guidelines it states that: [...] "Use American English Spelling" We agreed to use American English because of the fact that FreeBSD originated in the US. This applies also to man pages and there are many commits by fellow (doc) committers that follow this. So the policy decision is already there, but may not have been stat Regards, Benedict On 23.06.23 13:54, Gary Jennejohn wrote: > On Fri, 23 Jun 2023 04:28:08 -0700 > Cy Schubert<Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> wrote: > >> Basically, I'm asking for a policy decision. >> > This is the text which was present prior to this change: > > This behaviour matches GNU m4 1.4.9 and later. > regular expressions mimic Emacs behavior, > > So, what's right? Change behaviour to behavior to match the second entry? > Or change "Emacs behavior" to "Emacs behaviour" to match the first entry? > > Either solution could be contentious. > > So, perhaps a policy decision is needed. > >> In message<20230623111633.0444B244@slippy.cwsent.com>, Cy Schubert writes: >>> In message<202306230549.35N5nKfP015128@gitrepo.freebsd.org>, Benedict >>> Reuschli >>> ng writes: >>>> The branch main has been updated by bcr: >>>> >>>> URL:https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=764464af49688e74fd6d803df0404c >>> a4 >>>> 726dd460 >>>> >>>> commit 764464af49688e74fd6d803df0404ca4726dd460 >>>> Author: Benedict Reuschling<bcr@FreeBSD.org> >>>> AuthorDate: 2023-06-23 05:48:01 +0000 >>>> Commit: Benedict Reuschling<bcr@FreeBSD.org> >>>> CommitDate: 2023-06-23 05:48:01 +0000 >>>> >>>> Fix spelling of "behavior" to be consistent with the rest of the file >>> Fix? >>> >>>> --- >>>> usr.bin/m4/m4.1 | 2 +- >>>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) >>>> >>>> diff --git a/usr.bin/m4/m4.1 b/usr.bin/m4/m4.1 >>>> index a4a6e759a258..ffc60af22d30 100644 >>>> --- a/usr.bin/m4/m4.1 >>>> +++ b/usr.bin/m4/m4.1 >>>> @@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ flags are specified, execution will halt upon issuing t >>> he >>>> first warning and >>>> .Nm >>>> will exit with a non-zero exit status. >>>> -This behaviour matches GNU m4 1.4.9 and later. >>> UK and Canadian spelling. >>> >>>> +This behavior matches GNU m4 1.4.9 and later. >>> American spelling. >>> >>>> .It Fl G , Fl -traditional >>>> Disable GNU compatibility mode (see >>>> .Fl g >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Cheers, >>> Cy Schubert<Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> >>> FreeBSD UNIX:<cy@FreeBSD.org> Web:https://FreeBSD.org >>> NTP:<cy@nwtime.org> Web:https://nwtime.org >>> >>> e^(i*pi)+1=0 >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Cheers, >> Cy Schubert<Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> >> FreeBSD UNIX:<cy@FreeBSD.org> Web:https://FreeBSD.org >> NTP:<cy@nwtime.org> Web:https://nwtime.org >> >> e^(i*pi)+1=0 >> >> >> > > -- > Gary Jennejohn >