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 C0E53138247 for ; Tue, 21 Jan 2014 03:53:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1FE3EE0B66; Tue, 21 Jan 2014 03:53:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pa0-f47.google.com (mail-pa0-f47.google.com [209.85.220.47]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 77FF3E0B3C for ; Tue, 21 Jan 2014 03:53:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pa0-f47.google.com with SMTP id kp14so7842976pab.20 for ; Mon, 20 Jan 2014 19:53:25 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=r1vpoGHPBfLNFhwbMPrFwlG8YSiO+ohvB9ETo75azgw=; b=DPx/3T6hrAKQDDYDhTe7sd02E1MbGNA790nY92KBUg6vHu5F04Ffn9CLUMvUpkiNOu 16Ggr5lMKXIHDqmE8O4U7Siu1vJzvZpBHWQ+m2UWtQjY6SaE+6FfRGG4NCYOuZ+pH55t zR/+4n5y6OSku39nxTaiB2EaHKeX0o8KayW61oe3vQ7/RFC/DqN5cLIKS3u+yuKYkJCf QucsvEKo2V3LxKUTkHixtVV6I+rGtUkPGmsychqe9e7aV737/q0WeT0QyKm/jcEZf8jz kzzoukoZ0k3LvieWbOH0Ei+oDnqIKLfvht5IEp523pHhuxRvEweMF/LpadT9RH5ckTtH LmSQ== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-portage-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-portage-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.66.139.196 with SMTP id ra4mr22465394pab.103.1390276405173; Mon, 20 Jan 2014 19:53:25 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.66.135.52 with HTTP; Mon, 20 Jan 2014 19:53:25 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <201401202228.25558.vapier@gentoo.org> References: <1389919144-30969-1-git-send-email-creffett@gentoo.org> <201401190417.41690.vapier@gentoo.org> <52DBAB5D.3030802@plaimi.net> <201401202228.25558.vapier@gentoo.org> Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 21:53:25 -0600 Message-ID: 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. From: Gordon Pettey To: gentoo-portage-dev@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b5dbaac4521df04f072f335 X-Archives-Salt: baa7d90a-41aa-4ab0-8ed1-77099d625b43 X-Archives-Hash: f920173e24610b81ec92fb7f4d88545a --047d7b5dbaac4521df04f072f335 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 If your going to make that argumint, ewe mite a's well right the documentation in LOL-1337. Encouraging bad grammar in documentation just make's thing's harder for everybody. On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 9:28 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote: > On Sunday 19 January 2014 05:39:25 Alexander Berntsen wrote: > > On 19/01/14 10:17, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > > prefer OSes -> OS's > > > > That's just not proper English. > > i don't think that phrase means what you think it means. if you're wishing > for English to be a standard, then you're in for a rude surprise. > > > It makes no sense. > > of course it does. > > > Please don't prefer > > that. If for nothing else, then to prevent me from sighing whenever I > > have to read it. > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_plurals#Plurals_of_letters_and_abbreviations > -mike > --047d7b5dbaac4521df04f072f335 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
If your going to make that argumint, ewe mite a's well= right the documentation in LOL-1337. Encouraging bad grammar in documentat= ion just make's thing's harder for everybody.


On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 9:28 PM, Mike Fr= ysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> wrote:
On Sunday 19 January 2014 05:39:25 Alexander Berntsen wro= te:
> On 19/01/14 10:17, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > prefer OSes -> OS's
>
> That's just not proper English.

i don't think that phrase means what you think it means. =C2=A0if= you're wishing
for English to be a standard, then you're in for a rude surprise.

> It makes no sense.

of course it does.

> Please don't prefer
> that. If for nothing else, then to prevent me from sighing whenever I<= br> > have to read it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E= nglish_plurals#Plurals_of_letters_and_abbreviations
-mike

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