Index | Thread | Search

From:
Bryan Vyhmeister <bryan@bsdjournal.net>
Subject:
Re: [PATCH] learnt to learned in dpb.1
To:
tech@openbsd.org
Date:
Sun, 1 Dec 2024 22:25:40 -0800

Download raw body.

Thread
On Sun, Dec 01, 2024 at 08:21:29AM +0000, Jason McIntyre wrote:
> 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.
> 
> 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

That's fine. I understand. I would prefer consistency and using learned
everywhere but it doesn't really matter in the end. Thanks for
responding.

Bryan