From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 23690 invoked from network); 27 Aug 2004 01:31:19 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 27 Aug 2004 01:31:19 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1C0VaJ-0007KL-62 for arch-gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 27 Aug 2004 01:31:19 +0000 Received: (qmail 12008 invoked by uid 89); 27 Aug 2004 01:31:01 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 2495 invoked from network); 27 Aug 2004 01:31:01 +0000 Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 21:30:59 -0400 From: Jon Portnoy To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Message-ID: <20040827013059.GA17966@cerberus.oppresses.us> References: <20040820205106.64598921@snowdrop.home> <20040826195337.5dd3b570@snowdrop.home> <20040826221902.GB3705@sympatico.ca> <20040826233657.1a98b3f4@snowdrop.home> <20040827012221.GC3705@sympatico.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040827012221.GC3705@sympatico.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] vim syntaxy goodness for ebuilds, eclasses, GLEPs X-Archives-Salt: 560b90d4-ca6f-4ee0-9567-2fee20d72a1c X-Archives-Hash: 0ce71bacc2e035573080b6d14a11883c On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 09:22:21PM -0400, purslow@sympatico.ca wrote: > 040826 Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 18:19:02 -0400 purslow@sympatico.ca wrote: > >> '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. > > yes, so isn't the solution to have ebuilds recognise both spellings ? Do we really need to waste time and effort on something this trivial? I think the solution is for everybody to deal with it, personally. -- Jon Portnoy avenj/irc.freenode.net -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list