On Mon, May 04, 1998 at 07:11:36PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > On 4 May 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > > Santiago> The intention of Christian, I think, was precisely not to > > Santiago> have to change the Standards-Version field so often, by > > Santiago> specifying only the first three digits of it. > > > > What are you basing this assertion on? He did not write this, > > he wrote something else, which makes sense when you consider the > > packages that exist today. > > It was just an opinion (that's why I said "I think"). Bear in mind that > english is probably not Christian's mother tongue, so it is possible > (as well as it is possible that not) that he could have not expressed > in english *exactly* what he meant.
Yes. I *am* native german speaker, and the way Christian worded it would mean in german that you have to specify at least three numbers, but may also specify the fourth. I can't understand the fuzz about it. Read it in english or in word-by-word-translated german, it still means the same. (Not directly to Santiago) Are you all gone mad on this list, or what? Marcus > > Secondly, even the darned changelog > > does not say what you want it to say. Making statements like "I know > > what is says, but I know better, the author *must* have meant it to > > say what I want it to say" is ridiculous. > > Please, I didn't say that. I just said what I think Christian meant (you > may think the contrary, of course), and also why I think it would be a > good idea (you may think it is not a good idea, of course), but I have > obviously no way to know what Christian *really* meant, since he left us. > > That's exactly why I submitted this bug. > > I think there is a difference between "I know" and "I think". I don't think the wording does leave room for any interpretation. You are free to read it in native english or in english written by a german guy, you still get the same meaning: Out of w.x.y.z, the first three have to be coorect (w.x.y) while the fourth can be ignored. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
