From: Anthony Martin <ality@pbrane.org>
To: 9front@9front.org
Subject: Re: [9front] Re: commit 671d8daa0f2d7f067b8ab3d547adbd718da93fe9
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2024 10:21:09 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZcuzFR5GAJwlHSDh@alice> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <63ddb3cf-e5ec-47bd-a243-3670495e873f@posixcafe.org>
Jacob Moody <moody@posixcafe.org> once said:
> I admit I was unfamiliar with the varying adoption dates.
> I thought it was referring to the use of the Gregorian calendar
> itself, not the adoption date. I removed it because referring to
> England's colonies in the present tense rubs me the wrong way.
> I pitched this on the grid and others had also shared my reading of this.
>
> I agree that we can document that this is the adoption rate used, but I would
> like to be more direct with it.
Understood. I suggest either reverting the commit if you, like
myself, enjoy Unix history or restoring the original but with the
parenthetical about the colonies removed. Just saying England
should be fine.
Cheers,
Anthony
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-02-13 18:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-02-13 17:42 Anthony Martin
2024-02-13 17:59 ` Jacob Moody
2024-02-13 18:11 ` ori
2024-02-15 11:52 ` hiro
2024-02-15 13:27 ` Jacob Moody
2024-02-15 13:29 ` Stanley Lieber
2024-02-15 13:30 ` Stanley Lieber
2024-02-15 13:34 ` Dave Woodman
2024-02-15 13:53 ` Jacob Moody
2024-02-15 16:02 ` Kurt H Maier
2024-02-13 18:21 ` Anthony Martin [this message]
2024-02-13 18:30 ` Dave Woodman
2024-02-13 18:40 ` Stanley Lieber
2024-02-13 19:36 ` ori
2024-02-13 20:12 ` Jacob Moody
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