Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:20:57 +0000 From: Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Josh Paetzel <jpaetzel@FreeBSD.org>, svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r231999 - head/sys/conf Message-ID: <20120223122057.GA72389@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <4F456DF8.7070709@FreeBSD.org> References: <201202221505.q1MF5JNt057163@svn.freebsd.org> <4F456DF8.7070709@FreeBSD.org>
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On Wed Feb 22 12, Doug Barton wrote: > On 02/22/2012 07:05, Josh Paetzel wrote: > > -# CPU. This behaviour is enabled by default, so this option can be used > > That's not a typo, it's an alternate spelling, which we usually don't > "correct" (same with initialisation). I'm not asking for the change to > be backed out, just letting you know for future reference. i think the commit should be reverted. freebsd is an international project and by turning comments that were made by people using british english spelling into american english spelling, this commit implies that freebsd prefers a certain spelling. expecially, if the comments came from someone who lives in a native english speaking country, changing the perfectly valid spelling into american english might be offensive. just my 0.02 $ though. cheers. alex > > > Doug > > -- > > It's always a long day; 86400 doesn't fit into a short. > > Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. > Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/ >
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