From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nikita Karetnikov Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: Improve wording and fix typos in "Introduction" and "Requirements". Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 01:59:25 +0400 Message-ID: <8761y6n2ki.fsf@karetnikov.org> References: <87r4gwh8jm.fsf@karetnikov.org> <87ip28wfj1.fsf@gnu.org> <87k3mnnboc.fsf@karetnikov.org> <8761y75fjt.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:35404) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UgMS2-0001yz-Oy for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 25 May 2013 17:56:42 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UgMRu-0000zJ-My for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 25 May 2013 17:56:34 -0400 In-Reply-To: <8761y75fjt.fsf@gnu.org> ("Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s=22'?= =?utf-8?Q?s?= message of "Sat, 25 May 2013 15:56:22 +0200") List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Cc: bug-guix@gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > =E2=80=9CConsists of=E2=80=9D may be OK (any native speaker around, thoug= h?). "Consist in" means "To have the thing mentioned as the only or most important part." [1] "Consist of" is usually about several things [2], AFAICT. Which one should I use? > =E2=80=9CPreserving=E2=80=9D instead of =E2=80=9Chonoring=E2=80=9D change= s the meaning. The intended > meaning of the sentence was that the system would automatically install > any dependencies, or, if building from source, install any build time > dependencies. What did you mean? I meant the same. Should I keep "honoring"? > Actually, documentation-wise, my wish would be for people to primarily > focus on those parts of the manual that are *not* written yet. :-) Which parts would you like to see documented before the next release? [1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/consist_in [2] http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/Consist+Of --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJRoTRHAAoJEM+IQzI9IQ38+usP/RdK4BKTaPIx/hq2IP96WL/M kWyJu0teM5L7s9AtGzN1EjgvNvTM5jCn8zDsg/0pPpw9/pXKeg72Al2vOIYIPc3b 0u0N495Qs7Wt0FFEWWtrHROWmhAyMkujSfaeB4H4acWGDcMAL/k+TC/QQes1pk19 KtLbcUAqMD0B0RpRAdYs4OG2ZMjjY5RK9H9OgVohBTLIVwwbP+Jayz1vK8LW6vHm okh+HvCIocNV5VgOsvhlSnwYeQDDAAqIdsKyuodsTfPZUeAw4iy4MF6ZnKCcjw+N nJiRIoDGne62simFjRZPycilsc6SFR2UU+AIIsCbJV5VL4msD49ZAcckF5YgtYBF KtR2e/wVEb7EI8aY5JOURDspgNyEem5z7hEUBLReTaHSSwOWmK0pH4TRFd+JUd1H HtE0bpl75MqrPa/TpKq9UHXbND4fqzHFjSpoWd71ggIbluJxh58NE18Jj7CXfSIL Uwqye/mBkVqsQumnYCy3PZLScIJ0gQeSX/EeYSGkNZ+y0XSnDdfdS3eMR2Q096vg QRXHL/pIcHJxbhXOIOgLsZUo+ExaTaRUW0cw5uNz4zvWgxHxIyI8Ra/FdfBk+PsO 8RP01mW/uRXUt6ICLBUrISbYBcMRLviDMi3cMW5otB4At+h5tzh58LE5nm8cHI9r cwfLpKIXes5HOlNWS4+7 =AaLa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--