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Re: [PATCH] Change all occurrences of 'flavour' to 'flavor'

From:  Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
To:  Timothy Miller <miller@techsource.com>
Subject:  Re: [PATCH] Change all occurrences of 'flavour' to 'flavor'
Date:  Fri, 8 Aug 2003 10:18:41 -0700 (PDT)
Cc:  Jasper Spaans <jasper@vs19.net>, Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@arm.linux.org.uk>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>


On Fri, 8 Aug 2003, Timothy Miller wrote:
>
> > 1357:	rpc_authflavor_t authflavour;

This one I think is valid. Considering how many people seem to care, I 
think we should keep it as the only valid case for now.

> Yes, when it comes to spelling of words in variable and type names, I 
> think it would be a good idea to be consistent.
> 
> What is Linus's preferred spelling?  Let's use that.

I don't much care. I was taught English spelling in school, and I've 
gotten used to US spelling here.

I think you guys who care should have a huge free-for-all, an electronic
mud-wrestling thing if you will. But not on linux-kernel. 

I can see it now:

   ".. Alan Cox gets up, and tackles Zwane, who goes down in the mud.  
    Oops.  They were on the same side. I guess Alan got caught up in the
    rush.  Jasper tries to take advantage of the situation, but slips in
    the mud, and goes down in a heap with Alexander..."

Tell me when it's over.

		Linus


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