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Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 02:21:38 +0200
From: Giorgos Keramidas <charon@labs.gr>
To: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: Re: Committer's guide policy on commit message contents
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On 2001-11-29 10:48:10, Greg Lehey wrote:
> On Wednesday, 28 November 2001 at  3:45:33 +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> > Well, yes and no.  I did learn a lot for -doc style from browsing the
> > logs in cvsweb a couple of years back.  Changelogs like:
> >
> > 	Fix typo.
> >
> > are OK, but changes like:
> >
> > 	Fix typo: "rationalise" -> "rationalize".
> >
> > are VERY nicer.
>
> FWIW, this is the kind of change which shouldn't happen.
> "rationalise" is a perfectly valid spelling.  Just because the
> Americans prefer "rationalize" is not a reason to change it, any more
> than there would be a reason for an Australian to change it back
> again.

I know.  Both spellings are valid.  Still, it seems proper to choose
one of the two and stick with it, instead of alternating between the
two in the documentation.  But I'm off on a tangent now...

-giorgos

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