On Vi, 28 mai 21, 05:43:26, Justin B Rye wrote: > Paul Gevers wrote: > > On 27-05-2021 21:54, Justin B Rye wrote: > >>> + If updates for Go <quote>libaries</quote> are warranted, > >> > >> Missing R in libRaries! (But why in quotes? Should that be > >> <emphasis>?) > > > > These are not libraries in the c-library sense. Can you elaborate when > > you'd expect <emphasis> and when <quotes>? To me <quotes> feels natural, > > <emphasis>, I don't know what it would mean to me in this place. > > Well, Perl modules aren't quite libraries in the C-library sense, > either, but we still treat them as library packages. If these ones > will have package names beginning with lib-, I'd call them libraries > without scarequotes. If they're libraries needed only to build > software, rather than at runtime, should we perhaps be saying: > > + If updates are warranted for Go development libraries, Hi Justin, It might be useful for us non-native English speakers if you could elaborate on the appropriate use of (scare)quotes[1]. For what it's worth, in this particular case I also believe they are not needed or could even twist the meaning, though I can't quite explain why. [1] at one point we should probably collect all of these in a style guide somewhere. Maybe just a .md file in git would be sufficient as a start? Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser
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