Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 00:16:13 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: underway@comcast.net (Gary W. Swearingen) Cc: FreeBSD-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Proposed addition to the mail section of the handbook Message-ID: <20031204001613.4cefdf4a.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <69ad69gr7f.d69@mail.comcast.net> References: <3FCBB04F.7070204@potentialtech.com> <20031201221825.GB10158@jenny.daemon.li> <20031202053708.GC71732@unixpages.org> <20031202090021.GA269@jenny.daemon.li> <20031202112217.23a48871.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <20031202162745.GE71732@unixpages.org> <20031202114420.00233193.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <3FCCC589.8040700@potentialtech.com> <69ad69gr7f.d69@mail.comcast.net>
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On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 20:08:36 -0800 underway@comcast.net (Gary W. Swearingen) wrote: > Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> writes: > > > This looks authoritative: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/writing-style-word-list.html > > Is anyone besides me suprised to see that page? > > I'd like to know something about its history. Some words about FDP > governance would be welcome too; it seems I haven't figured it out in > three years. (I've looked for info on both at www.freebsd.org, even > using the CVS and list search tools, but didn't find anything useful > with a reasonable amount of effort.) To my recollection, this was in place before I became a committer. Its main purpose is to keep disputes over the alternate spellings of some words to a minimum. -- Tom Rhodes
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