Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 18:10:24 GMT From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/77535: [PATCH] s/CD-ROM/CDROM/g in ports chapter of the handbook Message-ID: <200502151810.j1FIANEC018278@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/77535; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> To: David Adam <zanchey@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au>, "Jesus R. Camou" <jcamou@cox.net>, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Cc: Subject: Re: docs/77535: [PATCH] s/CD-ROM/CDROM/g in ports chapter of the handbook Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 19:09:35 +0100 --OBd5C1Lgu00Gd/Tn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2005.02.15 11:53:07 +0100, Marc Fonvieille wrote: > On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 08:24:32AM +0100, Marc Fonvieille wrote: > >=20 > > Well, this is a "sensitive" problem that has been massively discussed on > > -doc in past; for historic reason CDROM has been used in FreeBSD docs > > (see Walnuts Creek CDs set...). > > For consistency, it will be a huge work to change every > > instance of the word in the doc/ tree, and I'm not sure it'll worth the > > pain, the time, the bits used, etc. >=20 > I was not clear enough; CD-ROM seems to be the more widely used > spelling, most of new additions use CD-ROM, "legacy" docs use CDROM. > Since CD-ROM may be seen as the right solution, let's keep the old > spelling for the moment and just use CD-ROM in every new additions. If that is the general sentiment (I don't really care), I think we should update the FDP word list to reflect this. BTW. semi-intresting google stats: 9,950,000 for CDROM 28,800,000 for "CD-ROM" --=20 Simon L. Nielsen --OBd5C1Lgu00Gd/Tn Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCEjrfh9pcDSc1mlERAj+jAKDFOXjWs3CojivNIWG1BBmmlkb/8gCdHLxj 1ll8CXxy9AnJa0eVvLgtuFU= =8+7k -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --OBd5C1Lgu00Gd/Tn--
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