From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] gnu: Add maxima. Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2014 18:59:36 +0200 Message-ID: <87d2djspvr.fsf@gnu.org> References: <1404564952-12213-1-git-send-email-jmd@gnu.org> <1404564952-12213-2-git-send-email-jmd@gnu.org> <87tx6wt07q.fsf@gnu.org> <20140705140444.GA16450@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52869) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X3TJQ-0007fu-FR for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Jul 2014 12:59:50 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1X3TJL-0000gh-2A for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Jul 2014 12:59:44 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20140705140444.GA16450@gnu.org> (John Darrington's message of "Sat, 5 Jul 2014 10:04:45 -0400") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: John Darrington Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org John Darrington skribis: > On Sat, Jul 05, 2014 at 03:16:25PM +0200, Ludovic Court??s wrote: >> John Darrington skribis: >>=20 >> > * gnu/packages/math.scm (maxima): New variable. >>=20 >> Should be ???maths.scm???, with an ???s.??? > > OK. (why do we use the British convention here, but Americanisms for alm= ost everything else?) Dunno, is =E2=80=9Cmathematics=E2=80=9D (plural) particularly British? Asp= ell=E2=80=99s =E2=80=98american=E2=80=99 dictionary recognizes it. Ludo=E2=80=99.