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Re: typo in section 11.3?
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Mathieu Lirzin |
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Re: typo in section 11.3? |
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Sat, 04 Jun 2016 00:16:20 +0200 |
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ping.
Mathieu Lirzin <address@hidden> writes:
> Mathieu Lirzin <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> "dine" <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> I am not a native speaker of the English language, but I feel that in
>>> the first sentence of section 11.3 of the GNU maintainer info doc,
>>>
>>> "Some package maintainers release pre-compiled binaries proprietary
>>> for systems such as Microsoft Windows or MacOS."
>>>
>>> the words "proprietary" and "for" are in the wrong order, since the
>>> former word modifies the systems according to the context. (I may be
>>> wrong, though.)
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I think you are perfectly right. :)
>> Thanks for reporting this error.
>
> Ping. Can someone apply this change?
>
> Here is a patch to be applied on top of the other one in:
>
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-standards/2015-12/msg00000.html
>
> --
> Mathieu Lirzin
>
>
>>From 00348cddca746358fe0122af74ae40d38e9b6b29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Mathieu Lirzin <address@hidden>
> Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2015 14:31:38 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] maintain: Fix typo.
>
> * maintain.texi (Binary Distribution): Fix typo by switching "for" and
> "proprietary". Reported by dine <address@hidden>.
> ---
> ChangeLog | 3 +++
> maintain.texi | 4 ++--
> 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
> index e424951..11bb720 100644
> --- a/ChangeLog
> +++ b/ChangeLog
> @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
> 2015-12-22 Mathieu Lirzin <address@hidden>
>
> + * maintain.texi (Binary Distribution): Fix typo by switching "for" and
> + "proprietary". Reported by dine <address@hidden>.
> +
> * maintain.texi (Standard Mailing Lists): Use full email addresses.
>
> 2015-04-23 Karl Berry <address@hidden>
> diff --git a/maintain.texi b/maintain.texi
> index 76e126e..6ea22b7 100644
> --- a/maintain.texi
> +++ b/maintain.texi
> @@ -1441,8 +1441,8 @@ version, and checking that the result exactly matches
> the new version.
> @node Binary Distribution
> @section Binary Distribution for Nonfree Platforms
>
> -Some package maintainers release pre-compiled binaries proprietary
> -for systems such as Microsoft Windows or MacOS. It's entirely up to you
> +Some package maintainers release pre-compiled binaries for proprietary
> +systems such as Microsoft Windows or MacOS. It's entirely up to you
> whether to do that; we don't ask you to do it, but we don't object.
> Please do not let anyone make you feel you have an obligation to do
> this.
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Mathieu Lirzin
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