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Re: Incorrect use of "it's" in package control files -- file mass bug?



I wrote:
> But it's also the word for things pertaining to the Americas, and for
> residents thereof.

Thomas writes:
> And therefore one needs to be careful not to create ambiguities.  In the
> context, it was a contrast between British/Canadian spelling and American
> English spelling.  I'm not sure what would be the problem there.

None, except that it seems to unaccountably irritate some Europeans (I can
see why it might irritate some Americans).
-- 
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI



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