Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 10:08:57 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src Makefile.inc1 src/share/mk bsd.subdir.mk Message-ID: <20040909003857.GP49572@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20040908.112707.35013957.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <200409071519.i87FJe69032699@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040908023006.GS82881@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20040908153512.GA14213@misty.eyesbeyond.com> <20040908.112707.35013957.imp@bsdimp.com>
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--WOTjKnJ88wpJKlWH Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday, 8 September 2004 at 11:27:07 -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote: > In message: <20040908153512.GA14213@misty.eyesbeyond.com> > Greg Lewis <glewis@eyesbeyond.com> writes: >> On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 12:00:06PM +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >>> On Tuesday, 7 September 2004 at 15:19:40 +0000, Warner Losh wrote: >>>> imp 2004-09-07 15:19:40 UTC >>>> >>>> FreeBSD src repository >>>> >>>> Modified files: >>>> . Makefile.inc1 >>>> share/mk bsd.subdir.mk >>>> Log: >>>> Although 'Unanimous Consent' appears to be a well defined and used in >>>> the US Senate, Canadian Parliament and Australian Senate, it was >>>> causing some confusion. >>> >>> Indeed, including the notion that it's used in the Australian Senate. >>> You'll recall the discussions that the South Australian Senate >>> understands the term, but they don't use it. To quote the December >>> 2003 core report: >>> >>> - grog reports a discussion with a member of the SA Senate. The term >>> "unanimous consent" is not used in Australian politics, and it could >>> be interpreted both ways. Any interpretation would be subject to >>> quorum requirements. >> >> <pedant> >> Either you had a discussion with a South Australian Senator (i.e., a member >> of the Australian Senate elected to represent the state of South Australia) >> or you had a discussion with a Member of the Legislative Council. You can't >> have had a discussion with a member of the South Australian Senate since the >> upper house of the South Australian state parliament isn't called the Senate, >> its called the Legislative Council. >> </pedant> > > See http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/pubs/Html/chap8016.htm and search for > "unanimous" for the reason I made the original statement. > > I'm just glad core doesn't waste its times arguing over > well-defined[*] terms anymore. It seems there was some reason for this change. And I'm glad to see that you no longer need to argue in favour of accuracy :-) Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key. See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --WOTjKnJ88wpJKlWH Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBP6YhIubykFB6QiMRAh4UAJwIUC/N3lfUPkwir/vGcmppIiOg0gCfco5Q Ieg7rDK49smSiYeRtMJd/nY= =RMMx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --WOTjKnJ88wpJKlWH--
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