From: David Symonds <dsymonds@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 02:24:44 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Change 'Deltifying objects' to 'Delta compressing objects'
Message-ID: <ee77f5c20710181924j7c538468r75f0f17968af7b01@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <47181430.2080907@vilain.net>

On 19/10/2007, Sam Vilain <sam@vilain.net> wrote:
> Jeff King wrote:
> > Boo. I _like_ "deltifying". Sure, it's probably not in the dictionary,
> > but that's how languages change: saying "delta compressing" all the time
> > will get awkward, so people invent a new word using existing rules to
> > explain a common phenomenon.
>
> This is not very considerate to non-native speakers, though, who might
> not grasp the neogolism.
>
> Perhaps just "compressing" if it gets awkward.

Forward thinking, that's probably most sensible, since git 4.7 might
not use delta compression, but maybe wavelet compression, or other
scheme entirely. Using deltas is an implementation detail, after all.


Dave.