On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 07:24:41PM -0500, Brad Tilley wrote:
> # cvs diff -Nup packages-specs.7
> Index: packages-specs.7
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/share/man/man7/packages-specs.7,v
> retrieving revision 1.10
> diff -N -u -p packages-specs.7
> --- packages-specs.7    15 Jul 2008 11:10:51 -0000      1.10
> +++ packages-specs.7    15 Dec 2009 00:23:36 -0000
> @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ The
>  .Ar stem
>  part identifies the package.
>  It may contain some dashes, but its form is mostly conventional.
> -For instance, japanese packages usually
> +For instance, Japanese packages usually
>  start with a
>  .Sq ja
>  prefix, e.g.,

so, i am much less convinced about this one. the rules for
capitalisation in english are sometimes a bit fuzzy...

oxford style guide, for example, begins: "usage is divided over
adjectives based on nationality." very often in these cases we don;t
uppercase - do you write about "roman numerals" or "Roman numerals"?

in this specific case, the packages being discussed are not even
japanese! they are simply packages categorised as being "japanese".
considering also that we are talking about how that will lead to
packages having a "ja-" stem, not "Ja-", i think uppercasing here would
be unhelpful.

jmc

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