Package: apt Version: 1.2.12 Severity: minor The code base for APT uses the term “header” in several distinct ways. The following usages correctly refer to the singular content at the head of some data stream: * The singular header of a binary file, such as an AR archive. * The singular header of an HTTP request or response. Other usages are confused and should be corrected: * The head of a section in a document. This is correctly termed a “section head” or “heading”. * The name-value pair of a field, such as in a Packages file. This is correctly termed a “field”. * The name-value pair of a field in a header, such as a field in an HTTP request. This is correctly termed a “header field”. I will prepare a change set to correct the documentation, code comments, and messages emitted by APT. Translation files are present in the VCS, but I will leave those untouched because I think they are generated automatically. -- \ “A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.” | `\ —Adlai Ewing Stevenson | _o__) | Ben Finney <ben@benfinney.id.au>
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