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Bryan Vyhmeister <bryan@bsdjournal.net>
Subject:
Re: [PATCH] learnt to learned in dpb.1
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Date:
Tue, 3 Dec 2024 11:38:14 -0800

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On Tue, Dec 03, 2024 at 09:12:00AM +0100, Marc Espie wrote:
> 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.

Fair enough. Thank you.

Bryan