From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: John Darrington <jmd@gnu.org>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] gnu: Add maxima.
Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2014 18:59:36 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87d2djspvr.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140705140444.GA16450@gnu.org> (John Darrington's message of "Sat, 5 Jul 2014 10:04:45 -0400")
John Darrington <jmd@gnu.org> skribis:
> On Sat, Jul 05, 2014 at 03:16:25PM +0200, Ludovic Court??s wrote:
>> John Darrington <jmd@gnu.org> skribis:
>>
>> > * gnu/packages/math.scm (maxima): New variable.
>>
>> Should be ???maths.scm???, with an ???s.???
>
> OK. (why do we use the British convention here, but Americanisms for almost everything else?)
Dunno, is “mathematics” (plural) particularly British? Aspell’s
‘american’ dictionary recognizes it.
Ludo’.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-07-05 16:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-07-05 12:55 [PATCH 1/2] gnu: Add gcl John Darrington
2014-07-05 12:55 ` [PATCH 2/2] gnu: Add maxima John Darrington
2014-07-05 13:16 ` Ludovic Courtès
2014-07-05 14:04 ` John Darrington
2014-07-05 16:59 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2014-07-05 17:18 ` John Darrington
2014-07-05 19:33 ` Ludovic Courtès
2014-07-05 19:49 ` Unprintable characters John Darrington
2014-07-05 20:19 ` Ludovic Courtès
2014-07-06 10:17 ` Ludovic Courtès
2014-07-05 13:15 ` [PATCH 1/2] gnu: Add gcl Ludovic Courtès
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