From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#11862: [PATCH 9/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: Use passive voice Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2012 19:37:55 +0300 Message-ID: <83txxm2mfw.fsf@gnu.org> References: <51e3eb5ff6ec469b84839dcede4eb072-mfwitten@gmail.com> <87bojuxq1l.fsf@nolde.home> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1341506311 4587 80.91.229.3 (5 Jul 2012 16:38:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 16:38:31 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 11862@debbugs.gnu.org, rms@gnu.org To: Stephen Berman Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 05 18:38:29 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Smp4W-0005hK-Gl for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Jul 2012 18:38:28 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43910 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Smp4V-0006wB-FN for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Jul 2012 12:38:27 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:50478) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Smp4N-0006w1-Vg for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jul 2012 12:38:25 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Smp4F-0004qp-0e for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jul 2012 12:38:19 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:41267) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Smp4E-0004qj-TP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jul 2012 12:38:10 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Smp8w-0003RI-OS for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jul 2012 12:43:03 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:43:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 11862 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 11862-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B11862.134150657813208 (code B ref 11862); Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:43:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 11862) by debbugs.gnu.org; 5 Jul 2012 16:42:58 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50813 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Smp8n-0003Qr-18 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jul 2012 12:42:56 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout22.012.net.il ([80.179.55.172]:37275) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Smp8g-0003Qe-N0 for 11862@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jul 2012 12:42:47 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout22.012.net.il by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0M6P008004QOMY00@a-mtaout22.012.net.il> for 11862@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jul 2012 19:37:52 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.210.75]) by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0M6P008DD4V4KT20@a-mtaout22.012.net.il>; Thu, 05 Jul 2012 19:37:52 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <87bojuxq1l.fsf@nolde.home> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:61619 Archived-At: > From: Stephen Berman > Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:04:22 +0200 > Cc: 11862@debbugs.gnu.org > > On Thu, 05 Jul 2012 06:14:00 -0400 Richard Stallman wrote: > > > The value of this variable is the version of Emacs being run. It is a > > string such as @code{"23.1.1"}. The last number in this string is not > > really part of the Emacs release version number; it is incremented > > -each time you build Emacs in any given directory. A value with four > > +each time Emacs is built in any given directory. > > > > Please use the active voice by preference. > > For instance, you could write it this: > > > > each time you build Emacs in a given directory, that increments this number. > > This sounds rather awkward to me. Would you accept "it gets > incremented" as a "more active passive" alternative? I think there's a better alternative that is entirely active: each build of Emacs in any given directory increments that number. > Aside from style, the statement is inaccurate, isn't it? At least > with "make bootstrap" the last number is always 1. Yes. So: The value of this variable is the version of Emacs being run. It is a string such as @code{"23.1.1"}. The last number in this string is not really part of the Emacs release version number; it starts at 1, is reset to 1 by @kbd{make bootstrap}, and each build of Emacs increments that number.