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On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 18:19:02 -0400 purslow@×××××××××.ca wrote: |
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| 040826 Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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| > it'll pick up certain mistakes and make them really stand out: |
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| > http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm/tmp/gentoo-syntax.png |
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| > Suggestions, patches, etc welcomed. |
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| very pretty'n'all & mb this is a complaint re Portage, |
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| but 'licence' is not a mistake: it is the way non-Americans spell |
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| 'license'. in fact, the English distinguish 'licence' (noun) from |
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| 'license' (verb). Canadians follow English usage when they think about |
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| it& American when they don't ... (smile) |
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Well that's the point. I speak Real English (TM), so I keep on screwing |
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up the LICENSE variable by spelling it correctly. In the context of an |
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ebuild, using the non-USian spelling *is* a mistake. |
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Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Sparc, MIPS, Vim, Fluxbox) |
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Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org |
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Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm |
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