From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 3 16:51:53 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F151106564A for ; Sat, 3 Sep 2011 16:51:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jos@catnook.com) Received: from mail-vw0-f54.google.com (mail-vw0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17FCA8FC15 for ; Sat, 3 Sep 2011 16:51:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws18 with SMTP id 18so3944787vws.13 for ; Sat, 03 Sep 2011 09:51:52 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.92.2 with SMTP id ci2mr2177361vdb.428.1315068711962; Sat, 03 Sep 2011 09:51:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.52.111.104 with HTTP; Sat, 3 Sep 2011 09:51:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <201109011333.p81DX2sN081775@fire.js.berklix.net> <4E61BB11.9070007@FreeBSD.org> Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2011 09:51:51 -0700 Message-ID: From: Jos Backus To: Lars Eighner Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Torfinn Ingolfsen , FreeBSD Ports ML Subject: Re: suggestion for pkgdb from ports-mgmt/portupgrade: add more explanation X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 Sep 2011 16:51:53 -0000 On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 3:39 AM, Lars Eighner wrote: > On Sat, 3 Sep 2011, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > > The correct word for what computer people call a dependency is >>> 'requisite.' >>> Perl is a requisite of my script. My script is a dependency of perl. >>> >> >> If somebody decides to "fix" the language of these tools (or any tools >> for that matter), they should keep in mind that many users are >> non-native speakers of the English language. >> Correct English is good, but but plain, simple and common English is >> better. >> No uncommon words please. >> > > Curiously enough, the man page for portupgrade begins by defining > "required" > and "dependent" accurately. These are adjectives, but a step in the right > direction. "Requirement" might do better than "requisite." > I suggested that verbiage, and I'm Dutch. http://cvsup.hu.freebsd.org/viewvc/FreeBSD/ports/ports-mgmt/portupgrade/distinfo?sortby=log&view=log > -- Jos Backus jos at catnook.com