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From:
Jason McIntyre <jmc@kerhand.co.uk>
Subject:
Re: [PATCH] learnt to learned in dpb.1
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tech@openbsd.org
Date:
Sun, 1 Dec 2024 08:21:29 +0000

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On Sat, Nov 30, 2024 at 08:05:21PM -0800, Bryan Vyhmeister wrote:
> I recognize this change is very dependent on where you learned (or
> learnt) English but I think it looks better to replace learnt with
> learned in dpb(1). Any comments? I have come across a couple of other
> instances of learnt in src but all were in code comments which is
> probably not worth the effort to change. If someone really wants it
> changed, I'm happy to provide diffs for those too but thought I would
> start with this one.
> 
> Bryan
> 

since both versions are acceptable, i'm not sure that we gain much. i
suppose since all other instances lean towards "learned", it makes
grepping simpler.

i guess i'm not fussed (sorry that's not very helpful!)

jmc

> 
> Index: share/man/man1/dpb.1
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/share/man/man1/dpb.1,v
> diff -u -p -u -r1.34 dpb.1
> --- share/man/man1/dpb.1	17 Jun 2023 19:35:54 -0000	1.34
> +++ share/man/man1/dpb.1	1 Dec 2024 03:58:11 -0000
> @@ -1812,6 +1812,6 @@ The original
>  .Nm dpb
>  command was written by Nikolay Sturm.
>  This version is a complete rewrite from scratch using all the stuff
> -we learnt over the years to make it better.
> +we learned over the years to make it better.
>  .Sh AUTHORS
>  .An Marc Espie Aq Mt espie@openbsd.org
>