[PATCH 1/3] xfsprogs: manpage spelling fixes
Rich Johnston
rjohnston at sgi.com
Tue Apr 23 10:59:38 CDT 2013
On 04/23/2013 10:43 AM, Dave Howorth wrote:
> Rich Johnston wrote:
>>> diff --git a/man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8 b/man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8
>> #rcj serialisation is misspelled, should be serialization.
>
> That depends on where you live, of course. It is derived from a Latin
> root, I think, so should have an 's'. At least, where I live.
Good point Dave, I did not think to look that one up online, my bad for
trusting my spell checker and my locale. ;)
Was unaware that that one is spelled two ways (darn British have to
spell it differently, or is it those darn colonists don't know how to
spell i.e. color colour)
>
> Do manpages have a policy as regards spelling?
Not to my knowledge.
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