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

[Jos Backus]

On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 3:39 AM, Lars Eighner <portsuser at larseighner.com>wrote:

> On Sat, 3 Sep 2011, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote:
>
>  The correct word for what computer people call a dependency is
>>> 'requisite.'
>>> Perl is a requisite of my script.  My script is a dependency of perl.
>>>
>>
>> If somebody decides to "fix" the language of these tools (or any tools
>> for that matter), they should keep in mind that many users are
>> non-native speakers of the English language.
>> Correct English is good, but but plain, simple and common English is
>> better.
>> No uncommon words please.
>>
>
> Curiously enough, the man page for portupgrade begins by defining
> "required"
> and "dependent" accurately.  These are adjectives, but a step in the right
> direction.  "Requirement" might do better than "requisite."
>

I suggested that verbiage, and I'm Dutch.

http://cvsup.hu.freebsd.org/viewvc/FreeBSD/ports/ports-mgmt/portupgrade/distinfo?sortby=log&view=log

>
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Jos Backus
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