Bug#816599: lintian: false-positive spelling error 'homogenous'

2016-03-03 Thread Justin B Rye
IOhannes m zmölnig wrote: >> My dictionary (American Heritage) says 'homogenous' is an acceptable spelling >> of 'homogeneous', and it's how I pronounce the word. > > So I did a quick check, and Merriam-Webster [1] seems to allow the > 'homogenous' > spelling as well. > Other sources [2] even sug

Bug#816599: lintian: false-positive spelling error 'homogenous'

2016-03-03 Thread Debian/GNU
Package: lintian Version: 2.5.41 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, In one of my packages, lintian reported a spelling error 'homogenous' which should be fixed to 'homogeneous'. Not being a native English speaker, I trusted lintian, created a patch and submitted it upstream, only to get a reply: