Re: [Bug-tar] "Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive"

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

> You -do- realize that the subject line is not English, right?

Wrong:

                "He, being in the vaward, placed behind
                 With purpose to relieve and follow them,
                 cowardly fled, not having struck one stroke."

                        -- William Shakespeare,
                           King Henry VI, part I, Act I, scene I

The above quotation shows clearly that "cowardly" can function as an
adverb.  As you should know, there is a class of words in English that
are used as adjectives as well as adverbs, e.g.: deep, fast, early,
friendly, cowardly, etc. 

> (Note the dot at the end.  Terminal punctuation is another fine
> feature of English syntax.) 

Apart from the obvious fact that punctuation is not a part or
"feature" of the syntax, GNU standards clearly require that all
diagnostic messages "should not end with a period."

Regards,
Sergey
--
  Speaking much is a sign of vanity, for he that is lavish with words is
  a niggard in deed.
  
        -- Sir Walter Raleigh