Re: [PATCH] upgrading-checklist in present tense?

[Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>]

On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 11:27:11PM -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> A tiny nitpick: I found it jarring when the upgrading-checklist
> switched from past tense to present tense.  I suppose it is because I
> kept finding myself switching context when reading it: unlike a
> changelog, which paraphrases a patch that will command the code to
> change, the upgrading checklist is directed to a packager that wants
> to know what has happened in the world.
> 
> How about something like this patch?  It tries to give a little
> more detail about what changed in the style of a newscast while
> at it.

I would like to say that generally we should be wary of rewriting changelog 
and upgrading-checklist, because the context in which they were written is lost.
Fixing the style should generally be OK if the original author agree, but adding
extra content might distort the original meaning.

Cheers,
-- 
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>

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