From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stephen Berman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#11862: [PATCH 9/9] doc/lispref/intro.texi: Use passive voice Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:04:22 +0200 Message-ID: <87bojuxq1l.fsf@nolde.home> References: <51e3eb5ff6ec469b84839dcede4eb072-mfwitten@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1341497133 23333 80.91.229.3 (5 Jul 2012 14:05:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 14:05:33 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 11862@debbugs.gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 05 16:05:32 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 1SmmgK-0005iH-TH for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:05:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49847 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SmmgJ-0002Pc-R1 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:05:19 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:46126) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SmmgG-0002OE-NP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:05:18 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SmmgA-0003Fi-Gd for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:05:16 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:40924) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SmmgA-0003Fa-DZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:05:10 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Smmks-0007Xs-E9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:10:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stephen Berman Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2012 14:10:02 +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=B11862.134149735528944 (code B ref 11862); Thu, 05 Jul 2012 14:10:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 11862) by debbugs.gnu.org; 5 Jul 2012 14:09:15 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50470 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Smmk7-0007Wn-A2 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:09:15 -0400 Original-Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([213.165.64.23]:55442) by debbugs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Smmk5-0007Wf-6j for 11862@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:09:14 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 05 Jul 2012 14:04:19 -0000 Original-Received: from i59F5797E.versanet.de (EHLO nolde.home) [89.245.121.126] by mail.gmx.net (mp041) with SMTP; 05 Jul 2012 16:04:19 +0200 X-Authenticated: #20778731 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18zUQsJXjIzpQPKj+bkZ828xdJ63sIdGxNk7+LkUx 5dsbzHbJ/dWNV1 In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Thu, 05 Jul 2012 06:14:00 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.1 (gnu/linux) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 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:61611 Archived-At: 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? Aside from style, the statement is inaccurate, isn't it? At least with "make bootstrap" the last number is always 1. Steve Berman