On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 09:52:48PM -0700, Evan Silberman wrote:
> "T.J. Townsend" wrote:
> > > + You may individually select distribution sets to install
> > > + by entering their names or wildcards (e.g. `*.tgz' or
> > > + `base*|comp*'), or you may enter `all' to select
"T.J. Townsend" wrote:
> > + You may individually select distribution sets to install
> > + by entering their names or wildcards (e.g. `*.tgz' or
> > + `base*|comp*'), or you may enter `all' to select all the
> > + sets (which is what most users will want
"Theo de Raadt" wrote:
> Evan Silberman wrote:
>
> > - You may now be given the opportunity to configure the time zone
> > - your system will be using (this depends on the installation
> > - media you are using).
> > -
> > - If the installation program skips this question, do not be
> >
Evan Silberman wrote:
> - You may now be given the opportunity to configure the time zone
> - your system will be using (this depends on the installation
> - media you are using).
> -
> - If the installation program skips this question, do not be
> - alarmed, the time zone
Jason McIntyre wrote:
> ok. so if i didn't comment on a change, i didn;t see any issue.
> if it's a rewording of an already ok text, i don;t see the point.
> i don;t see the point of Un*x->Unix, but some of our more, er,
> experienced, developers may want to chip in.
Hi Jason & tech@,
Below is
Ian McWilliam wrote:
> Isn't Unix a trademark of the Open Group? Hence the usage of Unix-like or
> Un*x..
That trademark is UNIX, all caps.
According to [APUEv3]:
"The Open Group owns the UNIX trademark and uses the Single UNIX Specification
to define the interfaces an implementation must
On Mon, Jul 08, 2019 at 11:56:58PM -0700, Evan Silberman wrote:
> Jason McIntyre wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 09, 2019 at 07:43:50AM +0200, Otto Moerbeek wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jul 08, 2019 at 10:26:57AM -0700, Evan Silberman wrote:
> > >
> > > I don't know our stance on Unix vs Un*x. I'll leave this to
Ian McWilliam wrote:
> Isn't Unix a trademark of the Open Group? Hence the usage of Unix-like or
> Un*x..
Yeah I have no complaint with "Unix-like". I'm happy to learn about the
historical reasons for writing "Un*x". If it's to be suggestive of variants,
that makes a little bit of sense, though
Jason McIntyre wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 09, 2019 at 07:43:50AM +0200, Otto Moerbeek wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 08, 2019 at 10:26:57AM -0700, Evan Silberman wrote:
> >
> > I don't know our stance on Unix vs Un*x. I'll leave this to some
> > native speaker, like jmc@ who knows all about commas (and much
Isn't Unix a trademark of the Open Group? Hence the usage of Unix-like or Un*x..
Ian McWilliam
From: owner-t...@openbsd.org on behalf of Jason
McIntyre
Sent: Tuesday, 9 July 2019 4:14 PM
To: tech@openbsd.org
Subject: Re: Grammar and style edits
On Tue, Jul 09, 2019 at 07:43:50AM +0200, Otto Moerbeek wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 08, 2019 at 10:26:57AM -0700, Evan Silberman wrote:
>
> I don't know our stance on Unix vs Un*x. I'll leave this to some
> native speaker, like jmc@ who knows all about commas (and much more)
> :-)
>
> -Otto
>
On Mon, Jul 08, 2019 at 10:26:57AM -0700, Evan Silberman wrote:
I don't know our stance on Unix vs Un*x. I'll leave this to some
native speaker, like jmc@ who knows all about commas (and much more)
:-)
-Otto
I'll leave this to jmc or some other native speaker. S
> Otto Moerbeek wrote:
Otto Moerbeek wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 07, 2019 at 10:44:42PM -0700, Evan Silberman wrote:
>
> > I noticed one thing that bothered me and decided to look for other
> > things that bothered me. Changes were made without reference to the code
> > of the installation program and without checking that
On Sun, Jul 07, 2019 at 10:44:42PM -0700, Evan Silberman wrote:
> I noticed one thing that bothered me and decided to look for other
> things that bothered me. Changes were made without reference to the code
> of the installation program and without checking that the installer
> behaves as
I noticed one thing that bothered me and decided to look for other
things that bothered me. Changes were made without reference to the code
of the installation program and without checking that the installer
behaves as documented. I believe the included changes are harmless in
that respect. I'm
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