also sprach Joey Schulze <joey@infodrom.org> [2006.09.01.0857 +0200]: > > I don't think you update against mirrors... you sync with, you > > compare against, you run against, you change with. > > Well, I also update against mirrors. Results 1 - 10 of about 11,700,000 for "update from" -site:debian.org Results 1 - 10 of about 29,100 for "update against" -site:debian.org > > > > > Upgrading to this revision online is usually done by pointing the > > > > > > > > s/online/on network-connected machines/ > > > > > > Rejected. > > > > Any reason? It's not like "online" is an overloaded word that is > > IMHO to be avoided. > > Maybe I just like the text as it was before? Nothing to get worked up over. However, I truly dislike the word "online" and since this email comes from the Debian project, not yourself, it's not so much your or my preferences that count... > > I mean, a link inline with the text. > > No. This is a text and not an HTML document. So? I didn't ask there to be <a> tags. Just trying to think about the reader... -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <madduck@debian.org> : :' : proud Debian developer, author, administrator, and user `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduck http://debiansystem.info `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems perl -e 'print "The earth is a disk!\n" if ( "a" == "b" );' (dedicated to nori)
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