[src] cvs commit: src/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common new.sgml

[Tom Rhodes]

On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 18:03:44 +0200
Christian Brueffer <brueffer at FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 31, 2006 at 08:50:00AM -0700, Bruce A. Mah wrote:
> > If memory serves me right, Daniel Gerzo wrote:
> > > Hello Bruce,
> > > 
> > > Thursday, August 31, 2006, 4:54:06 PM, you wrote:
> > > 
> > >> bmah        2006-08-31 14:53:57 UTC
> > > 
> > >>   FreeBSD src repository
> > > 
> > >>   Modified files:        (Branch: RELENG_5)
> > >>     release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common new.sgml 
> > > 
> > >> +    <para><application>netcat</application> has been updated from the
> > >> +      version in a 4 February 2005 OpenBSD snapshot to the version
> > >> +      included in OpenBSD 3.9.</para>
> > >> +
> > > 
> > > Maybe it should be better to write it like:
> > > 
> > > netcat has been updated from the version included in OpenBSD snapshot
> > > as of February 4th 2005 to the version included in OpenBSD 3.9. ?
> > 
> > Hey Daniel--
> > 
> > I think that what I wrote is grammatically correct, in that "4 February
> > 2005" modifies "OpenBSD snapshot".  I don't have any objections if you
> > want to change it, although in your text you should probably do s/in
> > OpenBSD snapshot/in an OpenBSD snapshot/.  Also I personally don't write
> > dates as "February 4th 2005" but I'm probably not the right person to
> > wave the consistency banner either.  :-)
> > 
> > I'll think about it some more when I'm next in the file (if you haven't
> > already changed it, that is).  (This text now exists on HEAD, RELENG_6,
> > and RELENG_5.)
> > 
> 
> FYI, your entry looks perfectly fine to me.

Arguing over date format is a waste of time my friends.

-- 
Tom Rhodes