| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Pantelis Theodosiou <ypercube(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Martin Mai <mrkanister1024(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [PATCH] Minor typo in the source repository documentation |
| Date: | 2017-07-09 19:31:43 |
| Message-ID: | 17868.1499628703@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Pantelis Theodosiou <ypercube(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 6:27 PM, Martin Mai <mrkanister1024(at)gmail(dot)com> 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 meaning more clearly?
> Perhaps:
> .. since the necessary files are included in the tarball.
I think that might give the impression that we'd bundled Perl et al
into the tarball :-(
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.
regards, tom lane
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