Re: logging-log4j2 git commit: Use the standard US English spelling for "behavior".

2016-08-05 Thread Mikael Ståldal
I don't have a strong opinion about this, mainly since I am not native English speaking and I have learned some mixture of British and American English myself. However, I think that we should at least try to be consistent in the spelling of each word. On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 10:28 PM, Matt Sicker

Re: logging-log4j2 git commit: Use the standard US English spelling for "behavior".

2016-08-04 Thread Matt Sicker
Apache Ivy already screwed that up with the "organisation" XML attribute. ;) On 4 August 2016 at 15:03, Paul Benedict wrote: > I don't think a mix of English dialects helps comprehension. I see it as > detracting from the usability of the documentation. > > Theoretically, if I was asked to vote

Re: logging-log4j2 git commit: Use the standard US English spelling for "behavior".

2016-08-04 Thread Paul Benedict
I don't think a mix of English dialects helps comprehension. I see it as detracting from the usability of the documentation. Theoretically, if I was asked to vote on the matter, I would vote for American English. Why? This code base is being written for a corporation based in America (Apache incor

Re: logging-log4j2 git commit: Use the standard US English spelling for "behavior".

2016-08-04 Thread Gary Gregory
If anyone wants to revert the one commit, go ahead, I won't take it personally ;-) Gary On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 12:43 PM, Matt Sicker wrote: > I don't really care either way, I just wanted to say that I tend to spell > things in en_GB unless it's code. > > On 3 August 2016 at 20:40, Gary Gregory

Re: logging-log4j2 git commit: Use the standard US English spelling for "behavior".

2016-08-04 Thread Matt Sicker
I don't really care either way, I just wanted to say that I tend to spell things in en_GB unless it's code. On 3 August 2016 at 20:40, Gary Gregory wrote: > For me, It's just unpolished to have a mix of styles. As I was raised in > France, should I start peppering code and docs with French expre

Re: logging-log4j2 git commit: Use the standard US English spelling for "behavior".

2016-08-03 Thread Gary Gregory
For me, It's just unpolished to have a mix of styles. As I was raised in France, should I start peppering code and docs with French expressions? /* Zut alors! */ I prefer consistency, it could be British English, US English, Proto-Bantu, whatever. I just it's lame and not very pro to have a mix IMO

Re: logging-log4j2 git commit: Use the standard US English spelling for "behavior".

2016-08-03 Thread Matt Sicker
I like British English myself. On 3 August 2016 at 18:23, Remko Popma wrote: > We never agreed that there is any need to standardize on a particular > flavour of the English language. Let's celebrate our diversity and the fact > that we are a global community. I respectfully ask that this change

Re: logging-log4j2 git commit: Use the standard US English spelling for "behavior".

2016-08-03 Thread Remko Popma
We never agreed that there is any need to standardize on a particular flavour of the English language. Let's celebrate our diversity and the fact that we are a global community. I respectfully ask that this change is reverted. -Remko On Thursday, 4 August 2016, wrote: > Repository: logging-log4j