Bug#732123: usage of stanza not compatible with ordinary English

2013-12-20 Thread James Hunt
Hi Ian, = Definition = I agree that the word 'stanza' is somewhat of an uncommon term in the realm of computing, however there is precedent in the domain of XML [1]. The usage in that spec admittedly implies a sense of plurality and yet an XML element could of course span multiple lines but

Bug#732123: usage of stanza not compatible with ordinary English

2013-12-14 Thread Ian Jackson
Package: upstart Version: 1.20-1 Severity: minor The documentation (and presumably error messages etc.) uses the word stanza for what would normally be called a directive, command or keyword. Perhaps it is not too late to change this. Ian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to