From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 19 11:15:11 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D20E16A4CE for ; Mon, 19 Apr 2004 11:15:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail2.speakeasy.net (mail2.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E273443D41 for ; Mon, 19 Apr 2004 11:15:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from john@baldwin.cx) Received: (qmail 20441 invoked from network); 19 Apr 2004 18:15:10 -0000 Received: from dsl027-160-063.atl1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender ) encrypted SMTP for ; 19 Apr 2004 18:15:10 -0000 Received: from 10.50.40.205 (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i3JIF5AV003723; Mon, 19 Apr 2004 14:15:07 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from john@baldwin.cx) From: John Baldwin To: arch@FreeBSD.org Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 11:35:37 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.6 References: <00f401c4232b$8700d0c0$7890a8c0@dyndns.org> <20040417101206.N16280@gamplex.bde.org> <20040417131617.GD465@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <20040417131617.GD465@submonkey.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200404191135.37983.john@baldwin.cx> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on server.baldwin.cx cc: Ceri Davies cc: "current @FreeBSD.org" Subject: Re: bin/41071: make NO to NO_ transition patch X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 18:15:11 -0000 On Saturday 17 April 2004 09:16 am, Ceri Davies wrote: > On Sat, Apr 17, 2004 at 10:19:58AM +1000, Bruce Evans wrote: > > On Fri, 16 Apr 2004, Cyrille Lefevre wrote: > > > the purpose of the original thread was to convert "all" variables to > > > one form or another, not just some of them for some or other reason. in > > > one word... be consistant, it's help. > > > it's not my fault if only some "no conforming" variables regarding all > > > others are used in so many makefiles. > > > > For a more modest task, try fixing the English spelling of "nothing" > > to "no thing" and "consistent" to "consistant". > > There's noway that could be considered the same thing. > > (Disclaimer: I really don't care which way this falls out). FWIW, nothing and nobody are special cases much like cannot and are certainly the exception, not the rule. Phrases such as 'no one', 'no cars', 'no code', 'no libraries', 'no binaries', 'no comments', 'no bikesheds', 'no spam', 'no pets', etc. abound and all have 'no' as a separate word rather than as a compound word. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org