Re: lintian: spelling

2016-10-21 Thread Ben Finney
Jerome BENOIT writes: > Hi, > > On 21/10/16 12:56, Ben Finney wrote: > > I would suggest: > > > > :param int max_no_dec: number of rounds we allow [FIXME] to be stuck. > > > > where “[FIXME]” must be replaced with something explicit. Is it “the > > program”? “the network connection”? Some o

Re: lintian: spelling

2016-10-21 Thread Ben Finney
Jerome BENOIT writes: > Before all, thanks for your constructive replies. > > On 21/10/16 21:34, Ben Finney wrote: > > *Some* party is allowed to be stuck, but the current phrasing > > doesn't say what; the description should be clear and say what that > > party is. > > We are dealing here with a

Re: lintian: spelling

2016-10-21 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hi, On 21/10/16 12:56, Ben Finney wrote: > Jakub Wilk writes: > >> [Disclaimer: I'm not a native speaker of English.] > > (Credential: I am a native speaker of English.) > >>> :param int max_no_dec: number of rounds we allow to be stuck >> >> Lintian complains about "allow to" because "all

Re: lintian: spelling

2016-10-21 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Before all, thanks for your constructive replies. On 21/10/16 21:34, Ben Finney wrote: > Octavio Alvarez writes: > >> On 10/21/2016 04:56 AM, Ben Finney wrote: >>> I would suggest: >>> >>> :param int max_no_dec: number of rounds we allow [FIXME] to be stuck. >>> >>> where “[FIXME]” must be r

Re: lintian: spelling

2016-10-21 Thread Ben Finney
Octavio Alvarez writes: > On 10/21/2016 04:56 AM, Ben Finney wrote: > > I would suggest: > > > > :param int max_no_dec: number of rounds we allow [FIXME] to be stuck. > > > > where “[FIXME]” must be replaced with something explicit. Is it “the > > program”? “the network connection”? Some ot

Re: lintian: spelling

2016-10-21 Thread Octavio Alvarez
On 10/21/2016 04:56 AM, Ben Finney wrote: > I would suggest: > > :param int max_no_dec: number of rounds we allow [FIXME] to be stuck. > > where “[FIXME]” must be replaced with something explicit. Is it “the > program”? “the network connection”? Some other party? It's not > specified, and I t

Re: lintian: spelling

2016-10-21 Thread Ben Finney
Jakub Wilk writes: > [Disclaimer: I'm not a native speaker of English.] (Credential: I am a native speaker of English.) > > :param int max_no_dec: number of rounds we allow to be stuck > > Lintian complains about "allow to" because "allow" requires an object, Yes, “allow” requires at least

Re: lintian: spelling

2016-10-21 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On Sex, 21 Out 2016, Jakub Wilk wrote: [Disclaimer: I'm not a native speaker of English.] * Jerome BENOIT , 2016-10-21, 01:36: is there a list where we can deal on how correct spelling error as detected by lintian ? For the curious. In the source, there is the sentence: :param int m

Re: lintian: spelling

2016-10-21 Thread Jakub Wilk
[Disclaimer: I'm not a native speaker of English.] * Jerome BENOIT , 2016-10-21, 01:36: is there a list where we can deal on how correct spelling error as detected by lintian ? For the curious. In the source, there is the sentence: :param int max_no_dec: number of rounds we allow to b

Re: lintian: spelling

2016-10-20 Thread Niels Thykier
Jerome BENOIT: > Hello Forum, is there a list where we can deal on how correct spelling error > as detected by lintian ? > > For the curious. In the source, there is the sentence: > > :param int max_no_dec: number of rounds we allow to be stuck > > > and lintian complains as follows: >

Re: lintian: spelling

2016-10-20 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello Sean, thanks for your reply. On 21/10/16 02:43, Sean Whitton wrote: > On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 01:36:41AM +0100, Jerome BENOIT wrote: >> For the curious. In the source, there is the sentence: >> >> :param int max_no_dec: number of rounds we allow to be stuck >> >> >> and lintian complain

Re: lintian: spelling

2016-10-20 Thread Sean Whitton
On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 01:36:41AM +0100, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > For the curious. In the source, there is the sentence: > > :param int max_no_dec: number of rounds we allow to be stuck > > > and lintian complains as follows: > > allow to allow one to > > > I am not a native Englis

lintian: spelling

2016-10-20 Thread Jerome BENOIT
Hello Forum, is there a list where we can deal on how correct spelling error as detected by lintian ? For the curious. In the source, there is the sentence: :param int max_no_dec: number of rounds we allow to be stuck and lintian complains as follows: allow to allow one to I