On Sat, 2020-04-25 at 19:47 +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > 04/03/2020 16:28, Luca Boccassi: > > On Wed, 2020-03-04 at 14:34 +0000, Kevin Traynor wrote: > > > On 29/02/2020 16:37, luca.bocca...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > Debian's linter is getting more and more annoy^^smart and now > > > > parses binaries > > > > for typos too - CC stable to get it off my back in the next > > > > release > > > > > > Minor: Probably linter is better trained in the Queen's English > > > than > > > me > > > or it could be personal preference, but 'one' seems to be > > > referring > > > to > > > the user and it reads a bit strange for me. e.g. > > > > > > "Slave %d capabilities doesn't allow one to allocate additional > > > queues" > > > "hardware specifications that allow one to handle virtual memory" > > > "Do not allow one to send packet if the maximum DMA.." > > > > > > as opposed to > > > > > > "Slave %d capabilities don't allow allocation of additional > > > queues" > > > "hardware specifications that allow handling of virtual memory" > > > "Do not allow sending of a packet if the maximum DMA.." > > > > You might be right - but the intent here is not to be correct, it's > > to > > get the linter to leave me alone :-) > > I agree with Kevin that the wording "allow one to make" is strange. > Would lintian leave you alone with "allow making"? > > Anyway the "allow to" sentences are not typos. > They could be reworded in a separate patch. > > Patch partly applied, except the "allow one to" changes, thanks.
It probably would work - will check in the next cycle. -- Kind regards, Luca Boccassi
