IMO... leave it.
This is a silly amount of concern for a single word in a single log message.
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 22:08, Noorul Islam K M <noorul_at_collab.net> wrote:
> "C. Michael Pilato" <cmpilato_at_collab.net> writes:
>
>> On 02/21/2011 09:30 PM, Noorul Islam K M wrote:
>>
>>> Branko Čibej <brane_at_e-reka.si> writes:
>>>
>>>> On 22.02.2011 02:50, Noorul Islam K M wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> danielsh_at_apache.org writes:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Author: danielsh
>>>>>> Date: Mon Feb 21 18:14:02 2011
>>>>>> New Revision: 1073102
>>>>>>
>>>>>> URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1073102&view=rev
>>>>>> Log:
>>>>>> * subversion/include/private/svn_debug.h
>>>>>> (SVN_DBG): Merge docstring with the documentation comment elsefile.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Is this typo? ^^^^^^^^
>>>>
>>>> Nah, it's just creative language. "Elsewhere" sounds so plain and
>>>> boring. Who cares that the result is total nonsense and likely to be
>>>> misunderstood by 99% of all readers? :)
>>>>
>>>
>>> But why do we have to use that? Is it not possible to use proper English
>>> word and still be creative?
>>
>> There's a history of joviality in the Subversion project that many of us
>> would like to preserve indefinitely. Unfortunately, that often comes at a
>> cost similar to any other "inside joke", especially where natural language
>> barriers exist. I confess that I'm not really sure where to strike the
>> proper balance here, but I'm confident that Confusion isn't one of our core
>> project goals. Would you like someone to tweak the message not to use the
>> fictional term "elsefile"?
>
> When I read the commit log, I did not understand what that word "elsefile"
> meant. Do you think new members should get confused by something like
> this?
>
> Do you think the following makes sense?
>
> * subversion/include/private/svn_debug.h
> (SVN_DBG): Merge docstring with the documentation comment.
>
> Thanks and Regards
> Noorul
>
Received on 2011-02-24 09:17:12 CET