Re: Incorrect use of "it's" in package control files -- file mass bug?
On 08/27/2004 03:29 PM, Florian Weimer wrote:
> * Kevin B. McCarty:
>>Using "it's" and "its" correctly is in your best interest, since incorrect
>>usage may cause someone browsing the package descriptions to have a bad
>>first impression of that package.
>
> If this is really important, lintian could enforce a style guide that
> prohibts "it's" altogether, always requiring the spelled-out versions.
That occurred to me too, but there are also 340 packages that use it
correctly. So, about 6 times as much work to fix if "it's" is banned
completely.
> (While we are at it, "e.g." and "i.e." are good candidates for a ban,
> too. 8-)
True enough.
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