Re: Flamewars & Why pedantic spelling is good.

[Tollef Fog Heen <tollef@add.no>]

* Erich Schubert 

| > > "usenet" vs "Usenet" is not a problem.
| 
| unless you search case-sensitive. Unfortunately case-sensitivity
| sometimes IS the default.
| 
| > > "zonefile" is a real word whether MZ recognises it or not.
| 
| actually i don't think it is. "zone file" is the common term.
| and "otheriwise" certainly is not a real word.
| 
| > Some people are picky. IMHO, it is _A_LOT_ easier just to fix two
| > words instead of getting a stroke because someone wants "zonefile" to
| > be "zone file". Just my 1 cent. :-]
| 
| The major gain is when using apt-cache search etc.
| If you search for "zone file" and "zonefile", you unfortunately will get
| different results.

Yes, zone file is a superset of zonefile:

tfheen@arabella ~ > apt-cache search zone file
autodns-dhcp - Automatic DNS updates for DHCP
bonnie++ - Hard drive bottleneck testing benchmark suite.
dhcp-dns - Dynamic DNS updates for DHCP
dlint - Checks dns zone information using nameserver lookups
dnscvsutil - Maintain DNS zone files under CVS control
ldap2dns - LDAP based DNS management system.
twclock - Clock program for hamradio operators
zone-file-check - Syntax-checker for BIND zonefiles
tfheen@arabella ~ > apt-cache search zonefile 
autodns-dhcp - Automatic DNS updates for DHCP
dhcp-dns - Dynamic DNS updates for DHCP
zone-file-check - Syntax-checker for BIND zonefiles
tfheen@arabella ~ > apt-cache show autodns-dhcp | grep "zone file"
tfheen@arabella ~ > 

Because apt-cache is smart. :)

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Tollef Fog Heen
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