Re: Non-source Javascript files in upstream source
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On 05/03/2014 07:45 AM, Ben Finney wrote:
> Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> writes:
>
>> Hi Ben,
>>> My understanding of the FTP team's operating policy for what
>>> constitutes source for a work is: the preferred form of the work
>>> for making modifications to it.
>>>
>>> Is that what you meant?
>>
>> care to explain the difference?
>
> We're not interested in what form a *modification* takes (if it even
> makes sense to talk about a “form of modification”, which doesn't
> seem coherent in the context). We're interested in what form of the
> *work* is the source form.
I've always reflexively translated "preferred form of modification" into
"preferred form for modification", which simply elides the noun from the
long-form phrase, while - unlike the "of" version - retaining the same
meaning.
If a short-form version of the phrase is wanted, I suspect using "for"
instead of "of" might work considerably better.
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