From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
Cc: riivo.kolka@gmail.com
Cc: pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Not an error but a difficult wording
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2023 20:39:01 -0500
Message-ID: <2873117.1674697141@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cd3c9ee208ccf0cc37b5e9ce3c24f79bc229a600.camel@cybertec.at>
References: <167463493588.2667301.13267758265445155872@wrigleys.postgresql.org>
<cd3c9ee208ccf0cc37b5e9ce3c24f79bc229a600.camel@cybertec.at>
Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at> writes:
> On Wed, 2023-01-25 at 08:22 +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
>> Maybe this would be better? (I don't know the comma rules)
>> "because the files(,?) that are generated/processed by these tools(,?) are
>> already included in the tarball"
> +1
> Correct English would be:
> These tools are not needed to build from a distribution tarball, because
> the files generated by these tools are included in the tarball.
The existing wording is not incorrect AFAICS, but I agree it's a bit
awkward. I'd modify one word in your version:
These tools are not needed to build from a distribution tarball, because
the files generated using these tools are included in the tarball.
Or possibly "with" instead of "using"?
regards, tom lane
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