On Sat, Dec 22, 2001 at 08:15:40PM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote:
> any search on google or other search engines will reveal many thousands
> of uses of the word 'zonefile'. like i said, it's in common usage in
> the field and has been for years. but that couldn't possibly be
> evidence, could it?
On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 03:37:15PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> Craig Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > btw, as someone has mentioned privately, 'howto' is no more a word than
> > 'zonefile' is. perhaps there should be auto spelling-flame bug reports
> > on every package that use
(Please excuse my English, as it's not my native tongue).
Craig Sanders dijo:
> small minded people think that dictionaries prescribe language.
> anyone who has studied even basic linguistics knows that they do not,
> linguistics is a *DESCRIPTIVE* discipline...it does not presume to
> prescribe w
On Sat, Dec 22, 2001 at 08:15:40PM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote:
> any search on google or other search engines will reveal many thousands
> of uses of the word 'zonefile'. like i said, it's in common usage in
> the field and has been for years. but that couldn't possibly be
> evidence, could it?
On Sat, Dec 22, 2001 at 02:37:47PM -0600, Adam Heath wrote:
> I never said that my spelling of that was correct. And seen Branden's
> response(mail(like irc) is conversational, similiar to spoken speech, and
> therefor has no need for spelling rules to be applied to it).
I wouldn't go that far.
On Sat, 22 Dec 2001, Craig Sanders wrote:
> > [ drivel deleted ]
>
> in a word, No.
So, you refuse to fix a bug. You refuse to provide reasons why.
> btw, learn to spell "authoritative".
I never said that my spelling of that was correct. And seen Branden's
response(mail(like irc) is conversat
On Sat, 22 Dec 2001 14:49, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 22, 2001 at 07:37:44AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> > It's kind of amusing to observe someone who can't perceive the practical
> > differences between package descriptions and conversational mail
> > messages.
>
> However, conversat
Craig Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > [ drivel deleted ]
>
[Real drivel removed]
> OTOH, it's kind of amusing to read someone who can't spell attempt to
> harangue me over spelling.
It's NOT amusing to read this thread any more.
Get real! Stop being such an a...e. Start doing
som r
On Sat, Dec 22, 2001 at 07:37:44AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> It's kind of amusing to observe someone who can't perceive the practical
> differences between package descriptions and conversational mail
> messages.
However, conversational mail messages can demonstrate actual
language usage; e
On Sat, Dec 22, 2001 at 08:52:41PM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote:
> OTOH, it's kind of amusing to read someone who can't spell attempt to
> harangue me over spelling.
It's kind of amusing to observe someone who can't perceive the practical
differences between package descriptions and conversational m
> [ drivel deleted ]
in a word, No.
btw, learn to spell "authoritative".
OTOH, it's kind of amusing to read someone who can't spell attempt to
harangue me over spelling.
craig
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On Sat, 22 Dec 2001, Craig Sanders wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 22, 2001 at 02:55:13AM -0600, Adam Heath wrote:
> > On Sat, 22 Dec 2001, Craig Sanders wrote:
> > > yawn. you're wrong. again.
> >
> > I have seen no quotes from you, of other, *outside* sources, that show
> > 'zonefile' in widespread use.
On Sat, Dec 22, 2001 at 02:55:13AM -0600, Adam Heath wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Dec 2001, Craig Sanders wrote:
> > yawn. you're wrong. again.
>
> I have seen no quotes from you, of other, *outside* sources, that show
> 'zonefile' in widespread use. I *have* seen posts saying that 'zone
> file' is, how
On Sat, 22 Dec 2001, Craig Sanders wrote:
> yawn. you're wrong. again.
I have seen no quotes from you, of other, *outside* sources, that show
'zonefile' in widespread use. I *have* seen posts saying that 'zone file' is,
however.
> i'm just pissed off by trivial bug reports about bugs that are
On Sat, 22 Dec 2001, Craig Sanders wrote:
> a discussion on debian-devel is not policy. and even if it was
> established as policy, i would as a matter of principal refuse to accept
> anyone's idiosyncratic spelling rules.
No, of course not. Policy is policy. But policy does not come first.
Di
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