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Re: Recent documentation patches, and an RFC on terminology

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Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>
Date
Apr 23, 2010, 23:21 UTC
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On Fri, 23 Apr 2010, Eric Raymond wrote:
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> Björn Steinbrink <B.Steinbrink@gmx.de>:
> >                   (your other mail didn't make it to me yet, so I
> > couldn't quickly look up how you differentiate between the "staging
> > area" and the index).
> 
> *Groan*...is the Great Galactic Ghoul randomly eating my patch submissions
> again? I'll check the archives...
> 
> Basically, I changed the docs to use "staging area" when talking about 
> workflow and "index" only when describing implementation.
If so that should be a good thing.
Nicolas
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  1. Eric RaymondApr 23, 2010
  2. Björn SteinbrinkApr 23, 2010
  3. Eric RaymondApr 23, 2010
  4. Nicolas PitreApr 23, 2010
  5. Junio C HamanoApr 24, 2010
  6. Nicolas PitreApr 24, 2010
  7. Adam BrewsterApr 24, 2010
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