On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 09:52:48PM -0700, Evan Silberman wrote:
> "T.J. Townsend" wrote:
> > > + You may individually select distribution sets to install
> > > + by entering their names or wildcards (e.g. `*.tgz' or
> > > + `base*|comp*'), or you may enter `all' to select
"T.J. Townsend" wrote:
> > + You may individually select distribution sets to install
> > + by entering their names or wildcards (e.g. `*.tgz' or
> > + `base*|comp*'), or you may enter `all' to select all the
> > + sets (which is what most users will want
"Theo de Raadt" wrote:
> Evan Silberman wrote:
>
> > - You may now be given the opportunity to configure the time zone
> > - your system will be using (this depends on the installation
> > - media you are using).
> > -
> > - If the installation program skips this question, do not be
> >
Evan Silberman wrote:
> - You may now be given the opportunity to configure the time zone
> - your system will be using (this depends on the installation
> - media you are using).
> -
> - If the installation program skips this question, do not be
> - alarmed, the time zone
Jason McIntyre wrote:
> ok. so if i didn't comment on a change, i didn;t see any issue.
> if it's a rewording of an already ok text, i don;t see the point.
> i don;t see the point of Un*x->Unix, but some of our more, er,
> experienced, developers may want to chip in.
Hi Jason & tech@,
Below is
Ian McWilliam wrote:
> Isn't Unix a trademark of the Open Group? Hence the usage of Unix-like or
> Un*x..
That trademark is UNIX, all caps.
According to [APUEv3]:
"The Open Group owns the UNIX trademark and uses the Single UNIX Specification
to define the interfaces an implementation must
On Mon, Jul 08, 2019 at 11:56:58PM -0700, Evan Silberman wrote:
> Jason McIntyre wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 09, 2019 at 07:43:50AM +0200, Otto Moerbeek wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jul 08, 2019 at 10:26:57AM -0700, Evan Silberman wrote:
> > >
> > > I don't know our stance on Unix vs Un*x. I'll leave this to
Ian McWilliam wrote:
> Isn't Unix a trademark of the Open Group? Hence the usage of Unix-like or
> Un*x..
Yeah I have no complaint with "Unix-like". I'm happy to learn about the
historical reasons for writing "Un*x". If it's to be suggestive of variants,
that makes a little bit of sense, though
Jason McIntyre wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 09, 2019 at 07:43:50AM +0200, Otto Moerbeek wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 08, 2019 at 10:26:57AM -0700, Evan Silberman wrote:
> >
> > I don't know our stance on Unix vs Un*x. I'll leave this to some
> > native speaker, like jmc@ who knows all about commas (and much
Isn't Unix a trademark of the Open Group? Hence the usage of Unix-like or Un*x..
Ian McWilliam
From: owner-t...@openbsd.org on behalf of Jason
McIntyre
Sent: Tuesday, 9 July 2019 4:14 PM
To: tech@openbsd.org
Subject: Re: Grammar and style edits
On Tue, Jul 09, 2019 at 07:43:50AM +0200, Otto Moerbeek wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 08, 2019 at 10:26:57AM -0700, Evan Silberman wrote:
>
> I don't know our stance on Unix vs Un*x. I'll leave this to some
> native speaker, like jmc@ who knows all about commas (and much more)
> :-)
>
> -Otto
>
On Mon, Jul 08, 2019 at 10:26:57AM -0700, Evan Silberman wrote:
I don't know our stance on Unix vs Un*x. I'll leave this to some
native speaker, like jmc@ who knows all about commas (and much more)
:-)
-Otto
I'll leave this to jmc or some other native speaker. S
> Otto Moerbeek wrote:
Otto Moerbeek wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 07, 2019 at 10:44:42PM -0700, Evan Silberman wrote:
>
> > I noticed one thing that bothered me and decided to look for other
> > things that bothered me. Changes were made without reference to the code
> > of the installation program and without checking that
On Sun, Jul 07, 2019 at 10:44:42PM -0700, Evan Silberman wrote:
> I noticed one thing that bothered me and decided to look for other
> things that bothered me. Changes were made without reference to the code
> of the installation program and without checking that the installer
> behaves as
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