[gentoo-dev] Re: gentoo-x86 tree cleanup for 'DESCRIPTION ends with a '.' character' warnings
Tom Wijsman posted on Wed, 13 Aug 2014 10:38:45 +0200 as excerpted: I don't recall a policy mandating that descriptions can't end with '.'. I asked our QA lead about it and was told that he didn't recall that we have an official policy about it either. Also, the devmanual never mentions any such requirement. It has been a common belief to drop '.' among some from what I've seen. [Observational/skippable.] FWIW, I've been watching this debate with some amusement, as I follow Language Log, which has a continuing serious covering the generational/ regional differences in period/full-stop interpretation. The first in the series and my favorite, due to the cartoon illustrating the issue (Nov. 2012): http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4304 Two newer installations of the series (Nov 2013 and Aug 1, 2014, respectively): http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=8667 http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=13723 It can be a big deal for some. Quoting from the first comment on the first article (and noting that what we call a period US-English is a full stop in UK-English): Obviously, a period is a full stop, but, in short text messages, I feel like it almost SAYS full stop, with all the attendant emphasis of that phrase. Best movie ever is one thing, but Best. Movie. Ever. is quite another. Back to gentoo and the current Much ado about nothing. Someone's irritated with the periods/full-stops following short descriptions, because to him it's disruptive, almost as if an exclamation point (which I /would/ find disruptive) was used, such that for him a repoman check is warranted. But to many others, it's trivial, certainly nothing worth bothering with a repoman check and hundreds of individual fixes with concurrent changelog entries. -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master. Richard Stallman
Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: gentoo-x86 tree cleanup for 'DESCRIPTION ends with a '.' character' warnings
On 12/08/14 01:29 AM, Duncan wrote: Follow the instructions, as found in the headers of every mail on the list including the one you replied to, or the ones on the site you presumably signed up from? Seriously: s/presumably //, this list is closed-loop. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
[gentoo-dev] Re: gentoo-x86 tree cleanup for 'DESCRIPTION ends with a '.' character' warnings
[Mailed direct and to list.] Tyler Pohl posted on Mon, 11 Aug 2014 21:20:17 -0700 as excerpted: how to i get off these mailing lists? Follow the instructions, as found in the headers of every mail on the list including the one you replied to, or the ones on the site you presumably signed up from? Seriously: Headers: List-Help: mailto:gentoo-dev+h...@lists.gentoo.org List-Unsubscribe: mailto:gentoo-dev+unsubscr...@lists.gentoo.org List-Subscribe: mailto:gentoo-dev+subscr...@lists.gentoo.org List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail gentoo-dev.gentoo.org Page at http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/lists.xml, clearly linked via the lists link on the gentoo homepage: quote To unsubscribe from a list, send an empty email to: listname+unsubscr...@lists.gentoo.org Note: You must use the identical address that you subscribed with to unsubscribe successfully. If your email address is now forwarded/ rewritten beyond your control, please contact the list owner via listname +ow...@lists.gentoo.org with a request for manual removal. You will then recieve a unsubscription confirmation request (double opt- in) from the list manager, that you must reply to if you wish to be unsubscribed. /quote -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master. Richard Stallman
