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From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org>
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To: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@stud.uni-dortmund.de>
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Subject: Re: Minor 'historic' flaw in FreeBSD article "Bootstrapping Vinum"
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On 2002-05-28 00:58, Matthias Andree wrote:
> Please note I'm not subscribed to FreeBSD's doc mailing list, so Cc:
> replies as appropriate.

That's the norm around here :)

> --- /tmp/article.sgml.orig	Tue May 28 00:51:20 2002
> +++ /tmp/article.sgml	Tue May 28 00:52:04 2002
> @@ -287,9 +287,9 @@
>        <para>&vinum.ap; was inspired by the Veritas Volume Manager, but
>  	was not derived from it.
>  	The name is a play on that history and the Latin adage
> -	<foreignphrase>In Vino Veritas</foreignphrase>
> -	(<foreignphrase>Vino</foreignphrase> is the accusative form of
> -	<foreignphrase>Vinum</foreignphrase>).
> +	<foreignphrase>in vino veritas</foreignphrase>
> +	(<foreignphrase>vino</foreignphrase> is the ablative form of
> +	<foreignphrase>vinum</foreignphrase>).
>  	Literally translated, that is <quote>Truth lies in wine</quote> hinting that
>  	drunkards have a hard time lying.
>  	</para>

This essentially changes only one word!  Do you really have to remove the
capitalization of all the phrases, in order to change one word? :)

This way, the change accusative -> ablative is lost in the noise of all the
decapitalization differences!

- Giorgos


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