Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 03:21:17 +0000 From: "J. Mallett" <jmallett@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> Cc: "J. Mallett" <jmallett@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/games/fortune/datfiles fortunes2-o Message-ID: <20020429032117.GC28897@FreeBSD.ORG> In-Reply-To: <200204290313.g3T3DOs66822@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> References: <200204290122.g3T1MoK95789@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020429012902.GB28897@FreeBSD.ORG> <200204290313.g3T3DOs66822@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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On Sun, Apr 28, 2002 at 11:13:24PM -0400, Garrett Wollman wrote: > <<On Mon, 29 Apr 2002 01:29:03 +0000, "J. Mallett" <jmallett@FreeBSD.org> said: > > > When we have a few that are mostly the same, except for formatting, > > or possibly an extra line, what should be done? > > Well, since the do_sort script uses `sort -u', then I think it's a > safe assumption that the fortune database was not intended to contain > duplicates. I suspect those that differ in mere whitespace or > punctuation (or misspelled attribution) should be considered > erroneous. There is alternation between things like foo, n. bar FOO: bar and foo -- bar. When giving silly definitions for 'foo', and in some cases, there are duplicate entries with the same meaning, but different formatting as such. -- jmallett@FreeBSD.org | C, MIPS, POSIX, UNIX, BSD, IRC Geek. http://www.FreeBSD.org | The Power to Serve "Being offended by humour makes as much sense as laughing at the offensive." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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