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Re: Updates to ch01.xml

From: <cmpilato_at_collab.net>
Date: 2003-08-16 18:23:58 CEST

"Matt Blais" <mblais1@yummage.com> writes:

> @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
> available under an Apache/BSD-style license which is fully
> compliant with the Debian Free Software Guidelines. In other
> words, anyone is free to download, modify, and redistribute
> - Subversion as he pleases; no permission from CollabNet or
> + Subversion as they please; no permission from CollabNet or
> anyone else is required.</para>

This is grammatically incorrect. 'Anyone' is singular, 'they' is not.

> @@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
> system, you can use your system's native package-distribution
> system (rpm, deb, ports tree) to get Subversion.</para>
>
> - <para>Alternately, you can build Subversion directly from source
> + <para>Alternately, you can build Subversion directly from the
> + source
> code. From the website, you can download the latest source-code
> release. After unpacking it, follow the instructions in the
> INSTALL
> file to build it. Note that a released source package contains

I like the other way better. In a world of countless software
programs, there is no "the" source code. Perhaps "its" source code,
but not "the".

> @@ -310,7 +310,7 @@
>
> <para>Assuming you have Subversion installed correctly, you should
> be ready to start. The next two chapters will walk you through
> - the usage of the command-line client program. </para>
> + using svn, the command-line client program. </para>

This "svn" should have been wrapped by <command> tags.

I'll apply a modified version of this patch.

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