Re: [PATCH 1/3] xfsprogs: manpage spelling fixes

Rich Johnston
2013-04-23T15:59:25Z

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.