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Re: [PATCH] Fix clumsy grammar in the scripts-based testsuite chapter.


From: Stefano Lattarini
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix clumsy grammar in the scripts-based testsuite chapter.
Date: Sat, 05 May 2012 19:51:39 +0200

Hi Nick, and thanks for the patch.

On 05/04/2012 04:14 PM, Nick Alcock wrote:
> "We'll have later" is a rare example of English in the Automake
> manual clearly not written by a native English-speaker:
>
Yes, that would be me :-)

> while comprehensible, it could be better formulated.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nick Alcock <address@hidden>
> ---
>  doc/automake.texi |    5 ++---
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/automake.texi b/doc/automake.texi
> index 59c039d..e7bff41 100644
> --- a/doc/automake.texi
> +++ b/doc/automake.texi
> @@ -8708,9 +8708,8 @@ more complex test protocols, either standard 
> (@pxref{Using the TAP test
>  protocol}) or custom (@pxref{Custom Test Drivers}).  Note that you can
>  enable such protocols only when the parallel harness is used: they won't
>  work with the serial test harness.  In the rest of this section we are
> -going to concentrate mostly on protocol-less tests, since  we'll have later
> -a whole section devoted to the use of test protocols (again, @pxref{Custom
> -Test Drivers}).
> +going to concentrate mostly on protocol-less tests, since we cover
> +test protocols in a later section (again, @pxref{Custom Test Drivers}).
>  
>  @cindex Exit status 77, special interpretation
>  @cindex Exit status 99, special interpretation
>
I've applied you patch to maint (with a minor tweak to the commit message to
make it more conforming to our coding guidelines).

Thanks,
  Stefano



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