On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 6:26 PM, Stefan Weil <w...@mail.berlios.de> wrote: > Am 26.04.2011 19:04, schrieb Jan Marten Simons: >> >> Am Dienstag 26 April 2011 11:25:58 schrieb Stefan Hajnoczi: >>> >>> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Stefan Weil <w...@mail.berlios.de> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Replace writeable -> writable >>> >>> Why make this change? writeable and writable are both commonly used >>> spellings. >> >> It seems like "writeable" is the commonly used term in computer sciences >> and >> "writable" is the normal english adjective formed from "to write" + >> "-able" in >> general English.[1] >> >> As we are refering to computer science related "writeable" it should be >> left >> as is imho. But as I'm no native speaker, you might feel different on >> this. >> On a side note: Samba offers both spellings as valid for thier >> configuration >> files. [2] >> >> [1] http://www.thefreedictionary.com/writeable >> [2] http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=22258.0 >> >> With regards, >> >> Dipl. Phys. >> Jan M. Simons >> >> Institute of Crystallography >> RWTH Aachen University > > Commonly used is not necessarily correct. > > The Oxford dictionary only accepts writable (even when I select > american english). Same result with Merriam-Webster. > Google suggests writable instead of writeable. > > I see "writeable" only in computer programs and related contexts, > therefore I assume that it is simply a very common spelling error > contributed by non-native speakers (like myself). Interesting > detail: The spelling checker of my mailing client (Icedove) marks > writeable as correct and writable as wrong (which is obviously wrong). > Maybe I should send a bug report to Debian. > > The ratio of writeable:writable in unpatched qemu is 37:47. > Even if both writings were correct, I might argue that a > uniform spelling is better and choose the form which is more commonly > used.
The patch mostly touches comments and won't affect external interfaces, it makes the code consistent. So let's take it and move on: http://repo.or.cz/w/qemu/stefanha.git/shortlog/refs/heads/trivial-patches Stefan