On Tue, Dec 20, 2022 at 01:53:18PM -0700, Theo de Raadt wrote: > This went from solving one thing, which was largely agreed. > > Now it is trying to introduce other changes as well. Almost always that > process stinks, unless it goes over the top at saying it is trying to solve > other problems when the diff is re-introduced. It is sneaky, and usually > seems to be a way of trying to get people to sign off because they are tired. > You really do know better. The right way to handle someone doing that is for > us to say "not ok". BTW, this is not a new action by you. I think it is fair > to ask you to stop doing this. > > And anyways, the way you do plural is with adding S, not adding 'S. > > But what you want is more like this: > > -utility evaluates > +utility evaluates each > .Ar expression > and writes the result on standard output. > > then you don't need to try this incorrect apostrophy. > > But it does not belong in this diff, and it does not belong in the same > commit, because that is a procedure violation. Yes this is just manual pages, > but processes have a way of sneaking into other more complex parts of the > tree, so the place to stop this methodology is here. >
hi. i guess these comments are directed at me (i'm sorry if i have picked that up wrongly). i was trying to give some feedback. i dislike the implication that i'm somehow trying to be sneaky or trying to tire people out. that was not my intention. thank you for your explanation about how plurals work. jmc
