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(fully off topic) Re: 4.3.0-0pre1v1 build status



On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 12:54:19PM +0200, Jerome Lacoste wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-06-25 at 09:18, Sven Luther wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 12:06:55AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 01:03:23AM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 18:52, Branden Robinson wrote:
> > > > > As I said, you waited less than 24 hours after placing the ball in my
> > > > > court before committing Michel Daenzer's (to my mind, hasty) proposal to
> > > > > branches/4.3.0/sid.
> > > > 
> > > > My hasty proposal to branches/4.3.0/sid ? That's a distortion of facts,
> > > > to say the least.
> > > 
> > > If I meant what you appear to be inferring, I'd have said "proposal
> > > regarding", not "proposal to", since a revision control system branch is
> > > not something that accept or reject a "proposal" from a human being.
> > 
> > Hey, please, don't use obscure distinctions of the english language that
> > other non native english speakers may or may not get. This is very nice
> > of you to make us benefit from you great knowledge of the english
> > tongues when we are searching for good description and in other
> > documents we publish or even use internally, but please refrain from it
> > when arguing, and try to use less ambigious terms.
> > 
> > Also, i propose that Branden start learning a few other tongues, and
> > then held an argument such as this in the proponent native tongue
> > (german or french for Michel i think) :))))
> 
> oh oui oh oui. !
> 
> "I love swearing in French, it's like wiping my ass with silk."

Mmm, you went to see some movie lately it seems, altough i suppose it
sounded different in the french version, also because we understood the
swear word.

Friendly,

Sven Luther



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