From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:57255) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QElgP-0004VB-Cd for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 26 Apr 2011 13:04:18 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QElgO-0000Fq-3p for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 26 Apr 2011 13:04:17 -0400 Received: from mta-2.ms.rz.rwth-aachen.de ([134.130.7.73]:59544) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QElgN-0000FR-VC for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 26 Apr 2011 13:04:16 -0400 MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: Text/Plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Received: from ironport-out-1.rz.rwth-aachen.de ([134.130.5.40]) by mta-2.ms.rz.RWTH-Aachen.de (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-7.04 (built Sep 26 2008)) with ESMTP id <0LK900712RF1DF60@mta-2.ms.rz.RWTH-Aachen.de> for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 26 Apr 2011 19:04:13 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost.localnet ([unknown] [137.226.40.42]) by relay-auth-2.ms.rz.rwth-aachen.de (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7.0-3.01 64bit (built Dec 9 2008)) with ESMTPA id <0LK900B37RF1AE40@relay-auth-2.ms.rz.rwth-aachen.de> for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 26 Apr 2011 19:04:13 +0200 (CEST) From: Jan Marten Simons Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 19:04:13 +0200 References: <1303806576-10286-1-git-send-email-weil@mail.berlios.de> In-reply-to: Message-id: <201104261904.13291.marten@xtal.rwth-aachen.de> Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] =?iso-8859-1?q?=5BQemu-trivial=5D_=5BPATCH=5D_Fix_ty?= =?iso-8859-1?q?po_in_code_and=09comments?= List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Am Dienstag 26 April 2011 11:25:58 schrieb Stefan Hajnoczi: > On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Stefan Weil wrote: > > Replace writeable -> writable > > Why make this change? writeable and writable are both commonly used > spellings. It seems like "writeable" is the commonly used term in computer sciences and "writable" is the normal english adjective formed from "to write" + "-able" in general English.[1] As we are refering to computer science related "writeable" it should be left as is imho. But as I'm no native speaker, you might feel different on this. On a side note: Samba offers both spellings as valid for thier configuration files. [2] [1] http://www.thefreedictionary.com/writeable [2] http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=22258.0 With regards, Dipl. Phys. Jan M. Simons Institute of Crystallography RWTH Aachen University