IMO... leave it. This is a silly amount of concern for a single word in a single log message.
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 22:08, Noorul Islam K M <noo...@collab.net> wrote: > "C. Michael Pilato" <cmpil...@collab.net> writes: > >> On 02/21/2011 09:30 PM, Noorul Islam K M wrote: >> >>> Branko Čibej <br...@e-reka.si> writes: >>> >>>> On 22.02.2011 02:50, Noorul Islam K M wrote: >>>> >>>>> danie...@apache.org writes: >>>>> >>>>>> Author: danielsh >>>>>> Date: Mon Feb 21 18:14:02 2011 >>>>>> New Revision: 1073102 >>>>>> >>>>>> URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1073102&view=rev >>>>>> Log: >>>>>> * subversion/include/private/svn_debug.h >>>>>> (SVN_DBG): Merge docstring with the documentation comment elsefile. >>>>>> >>>>> Is this typo? ^^^^^^^^ >>>> >>>> Nah, it's just creative language. "Elsewhere" sounds so plain and >>>> boring. Who cares that the result is total nonsense and likely to be >>>> misunderstood by 99% of all readers? :) >>>> >>> >>> But why do we have to use that? Is it not possible to use proper English >>> word and still be creative? >> >> There's a history of joviality in the Subversion project that many of us >> would like to preserve indefinitely. Unfortunately, that often comes at a >> cost similar to any other "inside joke", especially where natural language >> barriers exist. I confess that I'm not really sure where to strike the >> proper balance here, but I'm confident that Confusion isn't one of our core >> project goals. Would you like someone to tweak the message not to use the >> fictional term "elsefile"? > > When I read the commit log, I did not understand what that word "elsefile" > meant. Do you think new members should get confused by something like > this? > > Do you think the following makes sense? > > * subversion/include/private/svn_debug.h > (SVN_DBG): Merge docstring with the documentation comment. > > Thanks and Regards > Noorul >
