Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 03:15:51 -0400 From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: David Schultz <das@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/share/sgml mailing-lists.ent Message-ID: <20030410031551.7048aca5.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20030409191454.GA2732@HAL9000.homeunix.com> References: <200304091522.h39FMWT0008800@repoman.freebsd.org> <20030409185852.GA2566@HAL9000.homeunix.com> <20030410030429.0d8600a6.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <20030409191454.GA2732@HAL9000.homeunix.com>
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On Wed, 9 Apr 2003 12:14:54 -0700 David Schultz <das@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 10, 2003, Tom Rhodes wrote: > > On Wed, 9 Apr 2003 11:58:52 -0700 > > David Schultz <das@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Apr 09, 2003, Sean Chittenden wrote: > > > > seanc 2003/04/09 08:22:32 PDT > > > > > > > > FreeBSD doc repository > > > > > > > > Modified files: > > > > en_US.ISO8859-1/share/sgml mailing-lists.ent > > > > Log: > > > > Various cleanups, corrections, and enhancements to the mailing list entities. > > > > > > > > - replace all '&a.mailman.listinfo;/freebsd-xxx' with '&a.xxx.url;' > > > > - replace freebsd-aic7xxx with aic7xxx (link) > > > > - remove non-existent links (cvs-committers, freebsd-core, > > > > freebsd-developers, doc-committers, ports-committers, src-committers) > > > > - use &os.current; and &os.stable; entities > > > > - replace freebsd-cvs* with cvs* (name and link) > > > > - replace CVS Web with CVSweb > > > > - replace filesystem with file system > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > ISTR someone making a sweep to convert things the other way a > > > few months ago. ;-) > > > > > > > Ok, whatever ISTR means (I seem to remember?). That was myself, > > then after a large discussion came about, we decided that it > > should be `file system'. > > Well, just as long as you're consistent. I suspect the term will > take the 'data base' -> 'database' route eventually as it gets > absorbed into the language, but both speelings seem to be in > common use at the moment. > To be honest, the spelling arguement is not worth the hassle nor the time. Thus I chose to go with popular thought. -- Tom Rhodes
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