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Spelling of macOS

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#73265: closed (Spelling of macOS)
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2024 10:17:01 +0000

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From: Xavier Noria <fxn <at> hashref.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Spelling of macOS
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2024 09:11:39 +0200

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Hi!

I noticed that

    https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/download.html

has several occurrences of "MacOS".

If you look at Apple's official docs, you'll see the "m" is consistently
lowercase.

Just feedback on that. Best!

Xavier

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: fxn <at> hashref.com
Cc: 73265-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#73265: Spelling of macOS
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2024 13:16:19 +0300

> Cc: 73265 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2024 12:02:45 +0300
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> 
> > From: Xavier Noria <fxn <at> hashref.com>
> > Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2024 10:49:06 +0200
> > Cc: 73265 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> > 
> > On Sun, Sep 15, 2024 at 10:44 AM Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
> > 
> >  If we decide to call it MacOS, we will call it MacOS.
> > 
> > That is ironic coming from a place that has historically demanded Linux to be called the way you want.
> > 
> > Your call, anyway, I have no personal interest in this, just wanted to help :).
> 
> Thank you.  I will see what we should do with those places.

I fixed that.

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