> Op 13-08-2023 10:45 CEST schreef Christian Brabandt <[email protected]>: [..] > diff --git a/runtime/doc/intro.txt b/runtime/doc/intro.txt [..] > @@ -216,7 +217,7 @@ Vim would never have become what it is now, without the > help of these people! > Bill Foster Athena GUI port (later removed) > Google Lets me work on Vim one day a week
I noticed this: "Lets me work". Bram worked for Google for 15 years, until September 2021. Shouldn't this "Lets me" be past tense then, like "Let Bram"? Alternatively: "Letting Bram". > diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE [..] > @@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ II) It is allowed to distribute a modified (or extended) > version of Vim, > maintainer will do with your changes and under what license they > will be distributed is negotiable. If there has been no > negotiation > then this license, or a later version, also applies to your > changes. > - The current maintainer is Bram Moolenaar <[email protected]>. If this > - changes it will be announced in appropriate places (most likely > + The current maintainers are listed here: > https://github.com/orgs/vim/people. > + If this changes it will be announced in appropriate places (most > likely > vim.sf.net, www.vim.org and/or comp.editors). When it is completely > impossible to contact the maintainer, the obligation to send him > your changes ceases. Once the maintainer has confirmed that he has Above it says: "The current maintainers are listed". As we can see, that's plural. Let's watch out for the word "maintainer" then. Let's also have another look at the lines above. "It is allowed to distribute a modified (or extended) version of Vim", that's singular ("version of Vim"). Then the next lines: "maintainer will do with your changes and under what license they will be distributed is negotiable". I think this can be split into two parts: the part where the changes are mentioned and the part where the license of the version is discussed. 'The changes' might be plural, but 'the version' is singular. So shouldn't this be "the maintainers will do with your changes and under what license that version" (trying to avoid the word 'it' or 'they' after "under what license") then? Possibly, the following lines: "impossible to contact the maintainer, the obligation to send him your changes ceases. Once the maintainer has confirmed that he has" should then be changed into: "impossible to contact the maintainers, the obligation to send them your changes ceases. Once the maintainers have confirmed that they have" There are more locations where "maintainer" is mentioned. Should I list them? The same text appears in file uganda.txt: > diff --git a/runtime/doc/uganda.txt b/runtime/doc/uganda.txt [..] > @@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ II) It is allowed to distribute a modified (or extended) > version of Vim, > maintainer will do with your changes and under what license they > will be distributed is negotiable. If there has been no negotiation > then this license, or a later version, also applies to your changes. > - The current maintainer is Bram Moolenaar <[email protected]>. If this > - changes it will be announced in appropriate places (most likely > + The current maintainers are listed here: > https://github.com/orgs/vim/people. > + If this changes it will be announced in appropriate places (most > likely > vim.sf.net, www.vim.org and/or comp.editors). When it is completely > impossible to contact the maintainer, the obligation to send him > your changes ceases. Once the maintainer has confirmed that he has So the same remarks apply. :-) This wasn't changed yet: > diff --git a/runtime/indent/README.txt b/runtime/indent/README.txt [..] > If you have remarks about an existing file, send them to the maintainer of > that file. Only when you get no response send a message to [email protected]. That should possibly be changed into: "get no response send a message to the vim-dev mailing list <[email protected]>." The word "me" is also 'suspect': > diff --git a/runtime/syntax/model.vim b/runtime/syntax/model.vim [..] > -" Maintainer: Bram Moolenaar <[email protected]> > -" Last Change: 2005 Jun 20 > +" Maintainer: The Vim Project <https://github.com/vim/vim> > +" Last Change: 2023 Aug 10 > +" Former Maintainer: Bram Moolenaar <[email protected]> > > " very basic things only (based on the vgrindefs file). > " If you use this language, please improve it, and send me the patches! Maybe change "me" into "us"? > diff --git a/src/po/README.txt b/src/po/README.txt [..] > You should include your name and E-mail address instead, for example: Shouldn't this just be "e-mail" instead of "E-mail"? The same applies here: > diff --git a/src/po/README_mingw.txt b/src/po/README_mingw.txt [..] > You should include your name and E-mail address instead, for example: Adri PS Great that you've taken up the project! -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_dev/2117421583.504257.1692015632716%40kpc.webmail.kpnmail.nl.
