suggestion for pkgdb from ports-mgmt/portupgrade: add more explanation

[Doug Barton]

On 09/02/2011 14:58, Lars Eighner wrote:
> The main thing here, of course, is that ports uses "dependency" in the
> exact
> opposite of its normal English sense (just as twitter uses "following" in
> the exact opposite of its normal English sense).
> 
> In normal Engish 'X is a dependency of Y' means Y is necessary for X (X
> depends on Y)

I'm not sure why you believe this to be true. Can you give examples from
non-technical English prose, and some dictionary definitions to back up
your claim?


Doug

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