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Bug#619075: lintian: some mis-spellings



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On 2011-03-21 00:23, Kevin Ryde wrote:
> Package: lintian
> Version: 2.4.3
> Severity: wishlist
> 

Hi

> This is some misspellings I've made which might be added to the
> spellings/corrections file.  Current package descriptions with them
> aren't meant to pick on anyone in particular :-).
> 
>     writeable      -> writable, eg. libtext-format-ruby
>     Overwriteable  -> overwritable, eg. cdrskin
>     requried       -> required, eg. gridengine-common
>     Requred        -> required, eg. libimage-base-bundle-perl
>     continously    -> continuously, eg. libfile-tail-perl
>     explictly      -> explicitly, eg. libmoosex-semiaffordanceaccessor-perl
>     explict        -> explicit, likewise but not anywhere at the moment
>     grabing        -> grabbing, eg. perlconsole
> 

Thanks for this list, these have all been added.

>     the the        doublon, eg. libmath-spline-perl
> 
> For "the the" might want to think about only "The the" or "the the",
> since bash-doc has
> 
>     Documentation and examples for the The GNU Bourne Again SHell
> 
> trying to say the name of the manual starting with "The", though
> personally I'd be inclined not to double it like that, and would make
> the spell checking simpler ...
> 
> [...]

I have not added the 'duplication thingy' though.  That ought to already
be implemented (it allows the duplicate word if it is quoted).

~Niels

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