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Please fix the documentation to avoid the words "at present", "last year" and similar terms. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Rel= ative_time_references Best, Roland From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sun Jan 19 11:54:35 2020 Received: (at 39184-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 19 Jan 2020 16:54:35 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43797 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1itDqN-0002Li-3V for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 19 Jan 2020 11:54:35 -0500 Received: from mail-wm1-f49.google.com ([209.85.128.49]:36569) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1itDqL-0002LV-5Q for 39184-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 19 Jan 2020 11:54:33 -0500 Received: by mail-wm1-f49.google.com with SMTP id p17so12351271wma.1 for <39184-done@debbugs.gnu.org>; Sun, 19 Jan 2020 08:54:33 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=aqhh0+BFq/ODRAhC6U1jIryL6Xy4r/eRny3AOXT5tio=; b=WjNtP7twUFNUJju1MGB0ePYd8/znM/emGHn2S2kFj6LDKeIRPbsn4rcFI8gIBI/DxO 4cIIgEoVwoLzPo06sw/s5o4gPAnxBEcV3lKjGq1FLiNLOo5dNkCTe6romVBIx8Ua/4kw 0nMSfNZGsYGijGni/JXYJNCxogb47r82tegbKcqGSe/N11chw9q1fbmMUNz3AqnDQ3mp 3jk5YOgSQ6S7VwhY8kM5a0E+D8hoNLE3kysPMP8uLxmp+WuASQoKQ1fYOfizIPKpNhVJ ahjoXNviGX+gYIJWpwtHJT96sl2gIsgzeCzlspA1ihix3ArkSOcMnF0vacatpGAuQ5fe sEaA== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAWaOySPEgwHX2RzfP2aGtpMQhkBhgOzdI4jWK8mOYaJKTqN6aix DMHbuObTXXNHCGc5UgfJTHztUB6Ot541IT3m9IA= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqydXwy2LV+3Ko1ax++jTp52OFNCP21RfvwFCZ/d8g6D80F4VZTnpa/TFp9k7KhhmwUz0MtCNy54ybiTYimHT6A= X-Received: by 2002:a7b:c1d8:: with SMTP id a24mr15083679wmj.130.1579452867327; Sun, 19 Jan 2020 08:54:27 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <983c9b7b-7b97-c1b1-4cd5-db2db8b401f8@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <983c9b7b-7b97-c1b1-4cd5-db2db8b401f8@gmx.de> From: Jim Meyering Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2020 08:54:15 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#39184: Documentation says "at present" To: Roland Illig Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="00000000000018f350059c8107a8" X-Spam-Score: 0.5 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 39184-done Cc: 39184-done@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.5 (/) --00000000000018f350059c8107a8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Sat, Jan 18, 2020 at 2:25 PM Roland Illig wrote: > the documentation for diffutils uses the words "at present", which > quickly gets wrong and outdated. > > https://github.com/Distrotech/diffutils/blame/49e3b25b41c934ca6945d94de98d747fa5cc9922/doc/diff.texi#L801 > > GNU diff is not really the only program in the world that can generate > and apply unified diffs. > > Please fix the documentation to avoid the words "at present", "last > year" and similar terms. Thanks for the report. 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