Ciaran McCreesh posted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, excerpted below, on Tue, 13 Dec 2005 19:20:00 +0000:
> Duncan wrote: > > | Ciaran McCreesh posted ... > | > | > * Changed /var/lib/portage to /var/lib/gentoo > | > | OK, I must have missed the reason for that > > It's getting ready for the glorious future when we won't be using > Portage any more. I also changed most of the instances of "Portage" in > the GLEP to "the package manager". I noticed the generic "package manager" stuff, but hadn't put two and two together. I have mixed feelings but see the point. > | Mandatory would require a MUST (or a similar statement > | that it's mandatory), while the GLEP words it as a SHOULD. > > I'm avoiding 'must', because there's probably a legitimate exception > somewhere. Makes sense. Just didn't agree with the change summary, and I wondered which was intended. > | Third, recall from the discussion of an earlier draft, someone > | mentioned the multiple meaning of read (as here) vs. "read" (as in > | README). > > Pfff. Email clients use it. Trying to avoid words with multiple > definitions in English is pretty much futile. Agreed. Just hadn't seen the point addressed, and recalled seeing it mentioned. Thanks! -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman in http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/12/22/rms_interview.html -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
