Hi Alex, At 2024-11-17T12:33:13+0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > Hi Helge, > > On Sun, Nov 17, 2024 at 10:46:22AM GMT, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > > Without further ado, the following was found: > > > > Issue: Other pages don't use FROM and until → to - maybe align? > > When a feature is discontinued, "from" makes more sense than "since". > "Since" means that it still exists today. > > I'll eventually do a consistency fix in this regard. > > About until/to, I think until is more common. I'll also check. Where the value of unambiguous expression is paramount, it's hard to beat interval notation, like "[2.6.24, 6.3)". Failing that, I would select a fixed set of English words to correspond to interval notation, and document that, probably in man-pages(7). For instance, and just spitballing here: since [ after ( until ) through ] I wouldn't expect this choice of associations to be accepted without some amount of argument--that's the advantage of proper interval notation. But, if interval notation is thought too unfamiliar or too awkward- looking for man page readers and/or contributors, such a mapping of English words to it might be the next best thing. Disciplined use of the terms will be important. Regards, Branden
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