From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 21 14:22:38 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BDB8D411 for ; Fri, 21 Mar 2014 14:22:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pb0-f50.google.com (mail-pb0-f50.google.com [209.85.160.50]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8B8D7FE3 for ; Fri, 21 Mar 2014 14:22:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pb0-f50.google.com with SMTP id md12so2480033pbc.9 for ; Fri, 21 Mar 2014 07:22:32 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:content-type:mime-version:subject:from :in-reply-to:date:cc:content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references :to; bh=Dj8/J9O9N5MQJ30L3vY2Aq5UDbm13po9CGB364JotJc=; b=VAvjGQzB6CbdY68JcYc0L6A4pr49weNSlk/auNVGPZBxpY/NKNqKZAVME6r/6M2f6P FW3TSpsjrRxGgoUKatMt6aq9tIn8siD6EBrDdP4U9/sbO6jtVzUom4ez4ShCU4e9Evd3 3KbVgXA8Ob9OM/TARLldEk0BOGsKq6dtF2ggtkII2It+9VqhrG6AFmwOxOtSbCMIAXrU 2rf73ZuOv2yjlmt/zzVpA5Ev7logp5dR+TLLmH/eJaTxRdBygw3rwUvlOLGqwqJ+wyUN SnPcO2hmAtejydqDaqxrjG8QHaYlta20v2HgzcbqO/BygiNDcVeHV8n9rybED5NQfibq f3Ww== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQldIQrdwYKHF0+49kuTJNKa+4pYgKDaVsVmfhpNBJJfFAtRudpAuuVBWB7SICPu0QyEVExH X-Received: by 10.66.144.227 with SMTP id sp3mr54829333pab.100.1395411751007; Fri, 21 Mar 2014 07:22:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lgmac-scingram.corp.netflix.com (dc1-prod.netflix.com. [69.53.236.251]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id h6sm10182001pbl.75.2014.03.21.07.22.29 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 21 Mar 2014 07:22:30 -0700 (PDT) Sender: Warner Losh Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.2 \(1874\)) Subject: Re: Hello fdclose From: Warner Losh In-Reply-To: <86fvmbzlbn.fsf@nine.des.no> Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 08:22:27 -0600 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <201403181404.52197.jhb@freebsd.org> <201403191523.33275.jhb@freebsd.org> <86zjkkr5ma.fsf@nine.des.no> <86fvmbzlbn.fsf@nine.des.no> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?= X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1874) Cc: Warren Block , jilles@freebsd.org, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Current , Mariusz Zaborski X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 14:22:38 -0000 On Mar 21, 2014, at 8:18 AM, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote: > Warren Block writes: >> Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav writes: >>> We always use [The .Nm foo utility or The .Fn foo function] instead >>> of just .Nm or .Fn at the start of a sentence, but never (or rarely) >>> within a sentence. >> By "we", do you mean the FreeBSD project or your local organization? >> Is there a specific reason the redundant wording, or is it just >> customary? >=20 > I mean the FreeBSD project, and the reason is as John stated: all > sentences must start with a capital letter. I've gotten so used to = this > over the past 15 years that I even do it in email and other = non-FreeBSD > written material. Yes, it is style that was settled upon 15 years ago or so in the FreeBSD project. Even more than finding myself using this in email, etc, I find = that when I see people using other conventions it just looks wrong to my = eyes. Warner