On 3/29/07, Jeremy Huntwork <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Log:
> > s/adjust/amend/, there was nothing wrong with it
>
> Not that it's really that important, but it seems to me that the word
> you have there now suggests that there was something wrong with the
> specs even more than the previous one did:
>
>  From m-w.com:
> amend
> 1 : to put right; especially : to make emendations in (as a text)
> synonym see CORRECT
>
> To me, "adjust" says that we are simply tweaking it for our particular
> needs.
>
> adjust
> 1 a : to bring to a more satisfactory state
> synonym see ADAPT
>
> After all, the entire page is called 'Re-adjusting the toolchain'.

Maybe I'll put it back to what I had. My guess is that amend was
mostly used to avoid a bunch of repeats of adjust in the text, even
though it seems more accurate.

This is obviously the least of anyone's concern :)

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Dan
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