Martin Mai writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> I was considering changing "the files they are used to build"
>> to "the files that these tools are used to build". I think the
>> main problem is just misunderstanding which things "they" means,
>> and that should fix it.
> +1
> Just after writing my las
+1
Just after writing my last message it clicked and I understood that the
current wording is correct. Your suggestion makes it clearer, though.
Tom Lane wrote:
> I was considering changing "the files they are used to build"
> to "the files that these tools are used to build". I think the
> ma
Oh, now I think I got it...
The tools are not required to build from distribution tarball, because
the files that are normally build by the tools, are already included
in the tarball.
Realizing that, I agree with you that the current wording is correct
and my second suggestion would be as wrong a
Pantelis Theodosiou writes:
> On Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 6:27 PM, Martin Mai wrote:
>> Since "they" means the tools, would changing
>> ... the files they are used to build are included in the tarball.
>> to
>> ... the files they use to build [it] are included in the tarball.
>> convey the intended me
On Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 6:27 PM, Martin Mai wrote:
> Hello Tom,
>
> thanks for the clarification. The sentence felt a little bumpy to me,
> but I am native German speaker, so maybe it is just me then.
>
> Since "they" means the tools, would changing
> ... the files they are used to build are inclu
Hello Tom,
thanks for the clarification. The sentence felt a little bumpy to me,
but I am native German speaker, so maybe it is just me then.
Since "they" means the tools, would changing
... the files they are used to build are included in the tarball.
to
... the files they use to build [it] are
Martin Mai writes:
> I found a typo while reading the source repository documentation:
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/sourcerepo.html
Hm, I dunno, I like the existing wording better than yours. I agree
that it's a bit unclear that the antecedent of "they" is meant to be
the tools
