Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 00:23:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> To: Hiten Pandya <hmp@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: des@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks chapter.sgml Message-ID: <20030507002110.V5620@znfgre.qbhto.arg> In-Reply-To: <20030507070835.GA71586@perrin.int.nxad.com> References: <200305051936.h45JaAc4099544@repoman.freebsd.org> <20030507014339.2e467c3a.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <20030507070835.GA71586@perrin.int.nxad.com>
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On Wed, 7 May 2003, Hiten Pandya wrote:
> On Tue, May 06, 2003 at 11:00:18PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
> > > Actually, and according to my dictionary, irrelevant is more correct
> > > here.
> >
> > That wasn't my actual question. :) Let me rephrase. "Given that these two
> > words basically mean the same thing in context, what was the overwhelming
> > necessity of this change?" If the reason was, "To make the meaning
> > slightly more accurate," then we can argue the merits based on that... I'm
> > just curious.
>
> Two reasons:
>
> a) Use simple english which everyone can understand.
> Many people from the far east etc do not understand such
> words, while they can undersand ``useless'' or
> ''irrelevant''. This is also the same reason for my
> "automatic to automagic" change.
>
> b) The 'insignificant' meaning of the word `moot' is
> secondary, while it's primary meaning is the opposite
I'm not sure I agree with your reasoning, but I don't disagree strongly
enough to ask you to reverse it, however...
> I have already discussed this change with my mentor, and he
> asked me the same question.
Your mentor should also have explained to you that putting WHAT you did in
the log is totally moot... I mean irrelevant :) because I can get that
information from cvs diff. It's much more important to put _why_ you did
what you did in the cvs log.
Hope this helps,
Doug
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