Re: [LCFC] templates://mdadm/{mdadm.templates}
martin f krafft <madduck@debian.org> wrote:
> also sprach MJ Ray <mjr@phonecoop.coop> [2008.01.29.1034 +1100]:
> > Please never use the Latin "e.g." instead of the English "for example".
>
> Why?
>
> > > If the kernel supports it (>> 2.6.14), mdadm can periodically check the
> >
> > What does much greater than 2.6.14 mean?
>
> This is Debian-standard and control file syntax.
Same answer to both: I think the English description should be in
English, not Latin or Debian control file syntax.
I doubt all users know >> is used in control files and I know many
people get the different Latin abbreviations confused. The >> in
particular seems unnecessary: "2.6.14 on" is the same length and "from
2.6.14" isn't much longer.
Hope that explains,
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MJR/slef
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