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