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From:
Marc Espie <marc.espie.openbsd@gmail.com>
Subject:
Re: [PATCH] learnt to learned in dpb.1
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tech@openbsd.org
Date:
Tue, 3 Dec 2024 09:12:00 +0100

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On Mon, Dec 02, 2024 at 06:54:38AM +0000, Jason McIntyre wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 01, 2024 at 10:25:40PM -0800, Bryan Vyhmeister wrote:
> > 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
> > 
> 
> just to be clear...i'm not against the change. i'm sure i;ve made such
> changes myself. if all our spelling is one way, then having an instance
> of another spelling doesn;t seem helpful.
> 
I would prefer keeping my spelling intact since it's correct, thank you.