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Re: CVS commit: src/share/man/man8



On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 08:19:38PM +0100, Alistair Crooks wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 02:41:52PM -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> > 
> > Peter Postma <peter%pointless.nl@localhost> writes:
> > > On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 05:06:04PM +0100, Alistair Crooks wrote:
> > >> On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 02:34:25PM +0000, Peter Postma wrote:
> > >> > 
> > >> > Module Name:   src
> > >> > Committed By:  peter
> > >> > Date:          Sat Apr 29 14:34:25 UTC 2006
> > >> > 
> > >> > Modified Files:
> > >> >        src/share/man/man8: afterboot.8
> > >> > 
> > >> > Log Message:
> > >> > Use american english and fix a typo.
> > >> 
> > >> Why use "american english"?
> > >
> > > Because according to the archives, american english is preferred...
> > 
> > For good or bad, that was also my recollection.
> 
> And it differs completely from my recollection.
> 
> Can you point me to this archive, please?

Please, not that one again.  At least half of NetBSD users and
developers of NetBSD are not native english speakers so they don't give
a rat's arse about proper localisation and I'd suspect that a vast
majority of the remaining users and developers care about as much.

Peter--please, next time, just say you fixed a typo.

-- 
Quentin Garnier - cube%cubidou.net@localhost - cube%NetBSD.org@localhost
"When I find the controls, I'll go where I like, I'll know where I want
to be, but maybe for now I'll stay right here on a silent sea."
KT Tunstall, Silent Sea, Eye to the Telescope, 2004.

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