Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:35:13 -0400 From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: Christian Brueffer <brueffer@FreeBSD.org> Cc: bmah@FreeBSD.org, danger@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [src] cvs commit: src/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common new.sgml Message-ID: <20060831193513.192b361b.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20060831160344.GA1758@haakonia.hitnet.RWTH-Aachen.DE> References: <200608311453.k7VErvIH050852@repoman.freebsd.org> <20060831145406.5900716A613@hub.freebsd.org> <1527203135.20060831171432@rulez.sk> <44F70528.1030100@freebsd.org> <20060831160344.GA1758@haakonia.hitnet.RWTH-Aachen.DE>
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On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 18:03:44 +0200 Christian Brueffer <brueffer@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 31, 2006 at 08:50:00AM -0700, Bruce A. Mah wrote: > > If memory serves me right, Daniel Gerzo wrote: > > > Hello Bruce, > > > > > > Thursday, August 31, 2006, 4:54:06 PM, you wrote: > > > > > >> bmah 2006-08-31 14:53:57 UTC > > > > > >> FreeBSD src repository > > > > > >> Modified files: (Branch: RELENG_5) > > >> release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common new.sgml > > > > > >> + <para><application>netcat</application> has been updated from the > > >> + version in a 4 February 2005 OpenBSD snapshot to the version > > >> + included in OpenBSD 3.9.</para> > > >> + > > > > > > Maybe it should be better to write it like: > > > > > > netcat has been updated from the version included in OpenBSD snapshot > > > as of February 4th 2005 to the version included in OpenBSD 3.9. ? > > > > Hey Daniel-- > > > > I think that what I wrote is grammatically correct, in that "4 February > > 2005" modifies "OpenBSD snapshot". I don't have any objections if you > > want to change it, although in your text you should probably do s/in > > OpenBSD snapshot/in an OpenBSD snapshot/. Also I personally don't write > > dates as "February 4th 2005" but I'm probably not the right person to > > wave the consistency banner either. :-) > > > > I'll think about it some more when I'm next in the file (if you haven't > > already changed it, that is). (This text now exists on HEAD, RELENG_6, > > and RELENG_5.) > > > > FYI, your entry looks perfectly fine to me. Arguing over date format is a waste of time my friends. -- Tom Rhodes
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