ping. Mathieu Lirzin <[email protected]> writes:
> Mathieu Lirzin <[email protected]> writes: > >> "dine" <[email protected]> writes: >> >>> I am not a native speaker of the English language, but I feel that in >>> the first sentence of section 11.3 of the GNU maintainer info doc, >>> >>> "Some package maintainers release pre-compiled binaries proprietary >>> for systems such as Microsoft Windows or MacOS." >>> >>> the words "proprietary" and "for" are in the wrong order, since the >>> former word modifies the systems according to the context. (I may be >>> wrong, though.) >> >> Hi, >> >> I think you are perfectly right. :) >> Thanks for reporting this error. > > Ping. Can someone apply this change? > > Here is a patch to be applied on top of the other one in: > > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-standards/2015-12/msg00000.html > > -- > Mathieu Lirzin > > >>From 00348cddca746358fe0122af74ae40d38e9b6b29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Mathieu Lirzin <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2015 14:31:38 +0100 > Subject: [PATCH] maintain: Fix typo. > > * maintain.texi (Binary Distribution): Fix typo by switching "for" and > "proprietary". Reported by dine <[email protected]>. > --- > ChangeLog | 3 +++ > maintain.texi | 4 ++-- > 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog > index e424951..11bb720 100644 > --- a/ChangeLog > +++ b/ChangeLog > @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ > 2015-12-22 Mathieu Lirzin <[email protected]> > > + * maintain.texi (Binary Distribution): Fix typo by switching "for" and > + "proprietary". Reported by dine <[email protected]>. > + > * maintain.texi (Standard Mailing Lists): Use full email addresses. > > 2015-04-23 Karl Berry <[email protected]> > diff --git a/maintain.texi b/maintain.texi > index 76e126e..6ea22b7 100644 > --- a/maintain.texi > +++ b/maintain.texi > @@ -1441,8 +1441,8 @@ version, and checking that the result exactly matches > the new version. > @node Binary Distribution > @section Binary Distribution for Nonfree Platforms > > -Some package maintainers release pre-compiled binaries proprietary > -for systems such as Microsoft Windows or MacOS. It's entirely up to you > +Some package maintainers release pre-compiled binaries for proprietary > +systems such as Microsoft Windows or MacOS. It's entirely up to you > whether to do that; we don't ask you to do it, but we don't object. > Please do not let anyone make you feel you have an obligation to do > this. -- Mathieu Lirzin
