From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jonas Bernoulli Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#48592: [PATCH 0/2] Support plural forms of Author and Maintainer library headers Date: Sun, 23 May 2021 10:43:40 +0200 Message-ID: <871r9xon5v.fsf@bernoul.li> References: <20210522202519.32549-1-jonas@bernoul.li> <83fsyej6bc.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="18423"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 48592@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun May 23 10:44:35 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lkjit-0004ae-3B for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 23 May 2021 10:44:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42002 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lkjis-0002eq-0i for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 23 May 2021 04:44:34 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:55962) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lkjiM-0002ei-KC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 23 May 2021 04:44:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:57243) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lkjiM-0002pc-Ca for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 23 May 2021 04:44:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lkjiM-0003oa-B8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 23 May 2021 04:44:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Jonas Bernoulli Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 23 May 2021 08:44:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 48592 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 48592-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B48592.162175943014632 (code B ref 48592); Sun, 23 May 2021 08:44:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 48592) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 May 2021 08:43:50 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40555 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lkjiA-0003nw-3z for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 23 May 2021 04:43:50 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.hostpark.net ([212.243.197.30]:47920) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lkji5-0003ng-Vo for 48592@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 23 May 2021 04:43:48 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.hostpark.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 821E5165C1; Sun, 23 May 2021 10:43:44 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=bernoul.li; h= content-type:content-type:mime-version:message-id:date:date :references:in-reply-to:subject:subject:from:from:received :received; s=sel2011a; t=1621759422; bh=n1WFXnQDVhom6bkN5TrVdb4e 7Y68X5vQz5Q2wN5BkkU=; b=r0/Dx+2GDIRqnGXn0l9fg0awrZxL+4zhrherVYoS njZF4oH1cXH61XwFypEHr0UvfF1nBGuhcPr0267Zpgg0MdVga7KCcudsEYfdQ8iV jBms/2twcMcg0bgaCbQAu6tC55plD0a66K01GNgJtWAafoNpg2wv6i/HInztosW5 gpE= X-Virus-Scanned: by Hostpark/NetZone Mailprotection at hostpark.net Original-Received: from mail.hostpark.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail0.hostpark.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10224) with ESMTP id CJ9Vh2Mvmslf; Sun, 23 May 2021 10:43:42 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from customer (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (P-256) server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mail.hostpark.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 502E0165B7; Sun, 23 May 2021 10:43:42 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <83fsyej6bc.fsf@gnu.org> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:207077 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: Jonas Bernoulli >> Date: Sat, 22 May 2021 22:25:19 +0200 >> >> It was already possible to specify multiple authors using the "Author" >> header, but the same was not possible for maintainers. Because some >> packages have multiple maintainers, which cannot or don't want to be >> subsumed under some organisation's name, this adds support for >> specifying multiple maintainers as well. >> >> this also adds support for using "Authors" and "Maintainers" as the >> names of the header fields instead of just the singular forms. > > Why do we need these additions? OCD and grammar. > Couldn't we keep using Author and Maintainer? Of course. But why? > Having both variants immediately begs the question which is preferable > and why, arguments about style, and other bikeshedding. The answer seems obvious to me. Do it like (nearly?) all natural languages do it: If n=1 then singular, else (n>1) plural. > Unless there's a good reason for adding new headings, I'd prefer to > make do with what we already have. Grammatical mistakes tend to be distracting, especially if you see the same one over and over again, year after year. I was expecting this to be noncontroversial. ;)