Re: Developers who write Debian GNU/Linux when they mean Debian.
On Sat, 29 Dec 2001, Colin Watson wrote:
> > Being a little pedantic. "for _a_ Debian system"
>
> That'd be an individual system running Debian. I write man pages for
> *the* Debian system, that is the project as a whole.
>
> Am I misunderstanding you here?
>
A little. I would want to say that you are writing man pages for Debian.
However, there are two Debian systems, Debian GNU/Hurd and Debian
GNU/Linux. The Debian man pages will be used by both systems, however a
man page will be read exclusively on one or the other system at any one
time. Fully pedantic "for a Debian GNU/Hurd or a Debian GNU/Linux
system". Nasty. So hence my suggestion, "for a Debian system".
Phil.
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