Hello Branden, hello Alex, Am Sun, Nov 17, 2024 at 10:43:43AM -0600 schrieb G. Branden Robinson: > At 2024-11-17T12:33:13+0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > > 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. This was my main point - consistent usage. (This will also ease translations). Greetings Helge -- Dr. Helge Kreutzmann debian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Dipl.-Phys. http://www.helgefjell.de/debian.php 64bit GNU powered gpg signed mail preferred Help keep free software "libre": http://www.ffii.de/
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