From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0233A138010 for ; Sun, 21 Oct 2012 06:38:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C2765E04F2; Sun, 21 Oct 2012 06:38:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 894D1E0539 for ; Sun, 21 Oct 2012 06:37:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.33] (230.Red-2-137-43.dynamicIP.rima-tde.net [2.137.43.230]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: pacho) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5F94B33D751 for ; Sun, 21 Oct 2012 06:37:20 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] About DESCRIPTION in ebuilds needing to end with a dot "." From: Pacho Ramos To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: References: <1350673317.12879.30.camel@belkin4> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-4HP74017UeYQtxjNd6/T" Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 08:37:15 +0200 Message-ID: <1350801435.2341.0.camel@belkin4> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.32.3 X-Archives-Salt: 63a67790-002f-4f5b-8613-de717e913e7e X-Archives-Hash: 22f32de9e1ce8e8fd1cdf09fad35678a --=-4HP74017UeYQtxjNd6/T Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable El dom, 21-10-2012 a las 09:34 +0800, Ben de Groot escribi=C3=B3: > On 20 October 2012 03:01, Pacho Ramos wrote: > > Hello > > > > At least in spanish, it's mandatory to end phrases with a dot ".", woul= d > > you agree with trying to enforce this trivial change with a repoman > > warning? >=20 > In English, phrases don't end with a full stop. As has been argued > elsewhere in this thread, using full stops (periods, dots) is > unnecessary, redundant, and ugly. >=20 > It is my professional opinion, as an English teacher, that we should > *never* use full stops in DESCRIPTION fields. >=20 > If we are to use a repoman warning, we should encourage people to NOT > use a full stop at the end of their description phrases. Also, the > package name should not be repeated as part of the description. >=20 Yes, looks like I was wrong and the proper is to not end with a dot. --=-4HP74017UeYQtxjNd6/T Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAlCDmBsACgkQCaWpQKGI+9SezQCdHQdo8I9WraKyzscfMw3hmgUS rZYAoIOIoYYg1Yab99kohc4pk7GvbGof =HXHU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-4HP74017UeYQtxjNd6/T--