Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:27:22 -0700 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/86342: bikeshed entry of Handbook is wrong Message-ID: <20110225232722.GA18753@guilt.hydra> In-Reply-To: <201102251940.p1PJeAJn052187@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <201102251940.p1PJeAJn052187@freefall.freebsd.org>
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--IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 07:40:10PM +0000, Mikhail T. wrote: > The following reply was made to PR docs/86342; it has been noted by GNATS. >=20 > From: "Mikhail T." <mi+thun@aldan.algebra.com> > To: Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org> > Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: docs/86342: bikeshed entry of Handbook is wrong > Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 14:09:24 -0500 >=20 > On 25.02.2011 13:50, Eitan Adler wrote: > > + transportation. However, in&os; parlance, the word is > Actually, if no other operating system's community has this particular= =20 > concept defined, perhaps, we should explicitly use "FreeBSD" here,=20 > rather than the variable &os;? Yours, The term is widely used this way outside of the FreeBSD community, despite the fact the first reference to it in online discussion that I have discovered was on a FreeBSD list. In fact, if anything, it would be more accurate to extend reference to the concept beyond the realm of operating systems and into other realms, rather than doing the opposite by limiting it to a particular bikeshed. On the other hand, I do not think either change -- nor keeping it the same -- would have any substantive effect on the quality of the document, and any debates that might arise would amount to little more than a quite ironic battle over the ultimate color of the bikeshed. Who cares? --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk1oOtoACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKV7WQCgwvOMlc4bb8aj7Y4q9kDmoWjJ 0G0AnRAhq1U+bks1/oKMraxHqoWUpyoP =qdNS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o--
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