--- Henri Yandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Bearing in mind the fact that Linux is going through the same argument, > what's your reasoning? > > The ASF is a US registered organisation. > Most users of Apache code are from the US. > Most commiters in the ASF are from the US [though I think US committers > are the minority in Commons Lang]. > > others?
I think it would be better to focus standardization zeal on more important issues (e.g. docs, tests, etc.) :) IMHO, as long as the chosen names are comprehensible and conform to the Java capitalization (resp. capitalisation) standards, authors should be allowed to choose among alternate spellings. I used to care more about this stuff. But that was when I actually typed method names ;-) Phil > > Hen > > On Wed, 13 Aug 2003, Sean W. Ferguson wrote: > > > Eh, US English really should be the standard. > > > > Henri Yandell wrote: > > > > > It's up to the people concerned. > > > > > > When I first pushed that code in, I offered to standardise on US > english > > > spelling but it wasn't something the Commons list wanted to do. > > > > > > So I figure it's a nice way to educate people that the majority of > English > > > speakers in the world spell it capitalise :) > > > > > > [Actually, hard to get figures on that. Population of > Canada/Australia/UK > > > + that of India that writes English at least. I'm just not sure how > much > > > of India actually writes English. Probably a similar-ish number. ] > > > > > > Hen > > > > > > On Wed, 13 Aug 2003, Hope, Matthew wrote: > > > > > > > > >>We could fix the US spelling ;?) > > >> > > >>seriously - is there a convention within apache / jakarta / commons > to use > > >>US or UK english spelling? > > >> > > >>(or is it a case of consistency within sub project) > > >> > > >>Matt > > >> > > >> > > >>>-----Original Message----- > > >>>From: Gary Gregory [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>>Sent: 13 August 2003 18:57 > > >>>To: 'Jakarta Commons Developers List' > > >>>Subject: StringUtils misspelled method names? > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>Unless I am not seing straight, the following are not spelled > > >>>properly: > > >>> > > >>>1) capitalise > > >>>2) capitaliseAllWords > > >>>3) uncapitalise > > >>>4) uncapitaliseAllWords > > >>> > > >>>They should be: > > >>> > > >>>capitalize > > >>>capitalizeAllWords > > >>>uncapitalize > > >>>uncapitalizeAllWords > > >>> > > >>>Which is *capitalize* with a 'z' not an 's'. > > >>> > > >>>Should we fix the spelling now? > > >>>At all? > > >>>The (4) method does not exist in version 1.0.1 but all of the > > >>>others do... > > >>> > > >>>Arg, > > >>> > > >>>Gary > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>>-----Original Message----- > > >>>>From: Shapira, Yoav [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>>>Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 10:01 > > >>>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>>>Subject: Running maven for modeler question > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>>Howdy, > > >>>>As one of the final steps in getting the commons-modeler 1.1 > release > > >>>>out, I'd like to update the modeler site at > > >>>>http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/modeler/ > > >>>> > > >>>>I've already updated the main jakarta and main commons > > >>> > > >>>sites, thanks to > > >>> > > >>>>Senor Donkin's excellent instructions at > > >>>>http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/releases. > > >>>> > > >>>>It looks like the site was generated by maven. If so, I > > >>> > > >>>think I need to > > >>> > > >>>>run maven again, and if so do I need to build maven myself > > >>> > > >>>or do we have > > >>> > > >>>>a ready copy on cvs.apache.org somewhere? > > >>>> > > >>>>This question could apply to any other commons component I > > >>> > > >>>guess. Any > > >>> > > >>>>help is appreciated -- thanks ;) > > >>>> > > >>>>Yoav Shapira > > >>>>Millennium ChemInformatics > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>>This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business > > >>>>communication, and may contain information that is confidential, > > >>>>proprietary and/or privileged. This e-mail is intended only for > the > > >>>>individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may not be saved, > copied, > > >>>>printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not the(an) > > >>>>intended recipient, please immediately delete this e-mail from your > > >>>>computer system and notify the sender. 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