Re: Flamewars & Why pedantic spelling is good.
On Sat, Dec 22, 2001 at 02:55:13AM -0600, Adam Heath wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Dec 2001, Craig Sanders wrote:
> > yawn. you're wrong. again.
>
> I have seen no quotes from you, of other, *outside* sources, that show
> 'zonefile' in widespread use. I *have* seen posts saying that 'zone
> file' is, however.
i don't feel under any obligation to act as a dictionary for lazy or
stupid people, however earlier in this thread i already gave two
examples of other DNS-related packages within debian that use the word
'zonefile'. in the description, no less.
i guess you must have missed that because i failed to highlight the
significance with an enormous flashing neon sign for the congenitally
stupid. well here it is, just for you:
<BLINK>
Package: autodns-dhcp
autodns-dhcp uses bind 8's dynamic update features to update a zonefile
Package: zone-file-check
Filename: pool/main/z/zone-file-check/zone-file-check_1.01-3_all.deb
Description: Syntax-checker for BIND zonefiles
This script is used for syntax-checking your zone-files after a
of zonefiles, but also if you just want to check a single file.
</BLINK>
any search on google or other search engines will reveal many thousands
of uses of the word 'zonefile'. like i said, it's in common usage in
the field and has been for years. but that couldn't possibly be
evidence, could it? after all, that would mean i was right and that
would be embarrassing to admit to, wouldn't it?
> [blah blah blah]
> All procedures were followed. To the letter. So, that obviously means that
> the bugs are incorrect. Not.
there's more to a bug report than following procedure to the letter.
relevance and correctness are more important attributes.
the bug reports i complained about were incorrect because neither
"zonefile" nor "usenet" are in any way spelling errors. and frankly, i
don't give a damn whether you or anyone else agrees or disagrees. it's
not in the least bit important.
now please shut up and stop wasting everyone's time with this tedious
thread.
craig
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craig sanders <cas@taz.net.au>
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