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...
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