On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 09:40:32PM +0000, Larry Hynes wrote: > On 2015-08-14, Gilles Chehade <gil...@poolp.org> wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 09:06:00AM +0100, Jason McIntyre wrote: > >> On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 03:21:56AM +0100, Larry Hynes wrote: > >> > This is a minor quibble, and possibly a purely personal one, but > >> > 'priorly' is not really in common usage. > >> > > >> > Index: smtpd.conf.5 > >> > =================================================================== > >> > RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.sbin/smtpd/smtpd.conf.5,v > >> > retrieving revision 1.127 > >> > diff -u -p -r1.127 smtpd.conf.5 > >> > --- smtpd.conf.5 11 Aug 2015 21:57:24 -0000 1.127 > >> > +++ smtpd.conf.5 13 Aug 2015 02:13:00 -0000 > >> > @@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ able to establish an SMTP session. > >> > .Ic secure > >> > may be specified to provide both STARTTLS and SMTPS services. > >> > Host certificates may be used for these connections, > >> > -and must be priorly declared using the pki directive. > >> > +and must be declared beforehand using the pki directive. > >> > If > >> > .Ic pki > >> > is specified, > >> > > >> > >> hmm. > >> > >> it's hard to gauge whether something is or is not in common usage in > >> general. not in common usage for yourself, i'd suggest. > >> > >> i don;t know, but i'd guess that you're probably right that this form is > >> less in use nowadays. it's not in my learner's dictionary (compiled > >> according to word frequency). it is in oed marked as late 18th century > >> origin. > >> > >> but whether to change it? > >> > >> - it's clear, as far as i'm concerned. > >> - even if you've never heard the term, you'll understand it if you know > >> "prior". > >> - why demote words just because they're less in use? > >> > >> i say let author's prerogative stand (by which i mean i don;t plan to > >> change this). > >> > > > > I'm not really emotional about "priorly", I like "previously" better. > > > > I think the only reason for this choice was that I was tired, could not > > recall "previously" and when priorly popped in my mind, look(1) told me > > that it was a real word ;-) > > > > Being, as I am, comfortably ensconced in the 'anything but > priorly' camp I would be very happy with 'previously'. :D >
committed -- Gilles Chehade https://www.poolp.org @poolpOrg
