Re: [docs] [PATCH] manuals: further documentation for cve-check

["Peter Kjellerstedt" <peter.kjellerstedt@axis.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: docs@lists.yoctoproject.org <docs@lists.yoctoproject.org> On Behalf
> Of Michael Opdenacker
> Sent: den 6 augusti 2021 16:59
> To: Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@theobroma-systems.com>
> Cc: docs@lists.yoctoproject.org
> Subject: Re: [docs] [PATCH] manuals: further documentation for cve-check
> 
> Hello Quentin,
> 
> Preemptive nitpicking ;-)
> 
> On 8/6/21 4:05 PM, Michael Opdenacker wrote:
> >
> >> Since CVE stands for "Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures", isn't
> >> adding vulnerabilities redundant?

Not much different from using, e.g., "a CD disc". ;) 

> > Oh yes, agreed!
> 
> Worse, CVE is already a plural acronym. So, we should use "CVE" instead
> of "CVEs", otherwise we're making a multi-plural! I'm sure you would
> have ended up noticing this.

That doesn't make sense. I would argue that "a CVE" is singular and refers 
to one entry in the CVE database, regardless of what the acronym actually 
stands for. Thus "bugs and CVEs" make sense, while "bugs and CVE" does not.

> Fortunately, not all readers are like you, but those are the best ones :-P
> Cheers,
> Michael.

//Peter