From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 18F081396D0 for ; Wed, 16 Aug 2017 01:46:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1B5271FC04E; Wed, 16 Aug 2017 01:46:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from blaine.gmane.org (unknown [195.159.176.226]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B37A11FC002 for ; Wed, 16 Aug 2017 01:46:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by blaine.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dhnP2-00070R-Cp for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 16 Aug 2017 03:45:48 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org From: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: [FRC] News item: Changing USE flags for >=app-backup/bacula Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 01:45:35 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <20170814215842.55855987@ham> <1502747720.9741.0.camel@gentoo.org> <150277294168.6272.8309842023603072749@ham.local.de> <1502779387.828.2.camel@gentoo.org> <150278874167.21353.342202167767854341@ham.local.de> <150281937316.24489.8886457675831488368@ham.local.de> 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org User-Agent: Pan/0.143 (Quaint little villages here and there; 720a1c5b3) X-Archives-Salt: c85b1a84-519b-46f6-8b78-2d098bfad75a X-Archives-Hash: 54bf3fc5e415a2e76364c676189956bb tomjbe posted on Tue, 15 Aug 2017 19:49:33 +0200 as excerpted: > think we can find a proper formulation for the use flag description in > metadata.xml, e.g.: > > director - Installs the backup director additional to the default file > daemon. > storage-daemon - Installs the storage daemon additional to the default > file daemon FWIW, "additional to" is understandable, but AFAIK nonstandard (sounds like ESL/English-as-a-second-language, using grammar from the first). The phrase "in addition to" works much better to my eye/ear. Or just use "plus", if "in addition to" makes it too long... -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman