Re: [9front] Re: commit 671d8daa0f2d7f067b8ab3d547adbd718da93fe9

[Dave Woodman <dave@naffnet.org.uk>]

On 13/02/2024 18:21, Anthony Martin wrote:
> 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
>
Sitting here in Blighty I agree that the original wording seemed to 
imply that the colonies were still a thing. As an absolute minimum, 
re-phasing to be 'former colonies' if the original intent of 
geographical scope needs  to be maintained, otherwise just England, as 
proposed.

Dave.