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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] vim syntaxy goodness for ebuilds, eclasses, GLEPs
From:       Jon Portnoy <avenj () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2004-08-27 1:30:59
Message-ID: 20040827013059.GA17966 () cerberus ! oppresses ! us
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On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 09:22:21PM -0400, purslow@sympatico.ca wrote:
> 040826 Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> > On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 18:19:02 -0400 purslow@sympatico.ca wrote:
> >> 'licence' is not a mistake: it is the way non-Americans spell 'license'.
> >> in fact, the English distinguish 'licence' (noun) from 'license' (verb).
> >> Canadians follow English usage when they think about it
> >> & American when they don't ... (smile)
> > Well that's the point. I speak Real English (TM),
> > so I keep on screwing up the LICENSE variable by spelling it correctly.
> > In the context of an ebuild, using the non-USian spelling *is* a mistake.
> 
> yes, so isn't the solution to have ebuilds recognise both spellings ?

Do we really need to waste time and effort on something this trivial?

I think the solution is for everybody to deal with it, personally.

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