Bug#908933: debian-policy: typo in document in section 3.4 page no 15 line number 16 needs improvement.
On Sun, 2018-09-16 at 14:01 +0530, Jaikumar Sharma wrote:
> debian-policy has typo under section 3.4 The description of the
> package page no.15 and line number 16 has following text which needs
> improvement in spelling of 'administratrivia' .
> ** text from policy**
> Copyright statements and other administrivia should not be included
> either (that is what
> the copyright file is for).
Are you sure? I've always known the shorter spelling and a random
online sample of sources that agree gives:
- https://www.thefreedictionary.com/administrivia
- https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/administrivia
- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/administrivia
- https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=administrivia (not
that authoritative a source, admittedly :P)
- https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/administrivia
- http://www.yourdictionary.com/administrivia
Some of those note administratrivia as an alternative, but that
certainly doesn't make the use of administrivia incorrect.
Regards,
Adam
(Not a Policy editor)
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