Gentoo Archives: gentoo-portage-dev

From: Gordon Pettey <petteyg359@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-portage-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH v3] Test for read-only filesystems, bail out during preinst if there are any which will be written to and display a useful error message. Fixes bug 378869.
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 03:53:28
Message-Id: CAHY5Mee2jxP6ZsxVpnVxxZnazz3j2s4H1KSJjbQ9=sROuHp+Ew@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH v3] Test for read-only filesystems, bail out during preinst if there are any which will be written to and display a useful error message. Fixes bug 378869. by Mike Frysinger
1 If your going to make that argumint, ewe mite a's well right the
2 documentation in LOL-1337. Encouraging bad grammar in documentation just
3 make's thing's harder for everybody.
4
5
6 On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 9:28 PM, Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o> wrote:
7
8 > On Sunday 19 January 2014 05:39:25 Alexander Berntsen wrote:
9 > > On 19/01/14 10:17, Mike Frysinger wrote:
10 > > > prefer OSes -> OS's
11 > >
12 > > That's just not proper English.
13 >
14 > i don't think that phrase means what you think it means. if you're wishing
15 > for English to be a standard, then you're in for a rude surprise.
16 >
17 > > It makes no sense.
18 >
19 > of course it does.
20 >
21 > > Please don't prefer
22 > > that. If for nothing else, then to prevent me from sighing whenever I
23 > > have to read it.
24 >
25 >
26 > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_plurals#Plurals_of_letters_and_abbreviations
27 > -mike
28 >

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