[FFmpeg-devel] [VOTE] 1st/3rd person doxy

Måns Rullgård mans
Fri Jul 9 11:47:31 CEST 2010


Rob <robert.swain at gmail.com> writes:

> 2010/7/9 M?ns Rullg?rd <mans at mansr.com>:
>> Mike Melanson <mike at multimedia.cx> writes:
>>
>>> What's wrong with the de facto policy of everyone adds documentation
>>> as best they can and the native speakers clean it up after the fact?
>>
>> What a wonderful idea.
>
> I think we have some non-native speakers amongst us who are very good
> at English, better even than a lot of native speakers.

So s/native/proficient/.

> My stance on documentation is that I don't really care if it's
> perfect, or perfectly consistent. If it's comprehensible then it's
> good. If people want to make it perfect and perfectly consistent,
> fine.

Incorrect grammar is hard to parse and detracts from the meaning of
the statement.  Anyone who wants to improve the English form of
the documentation should be encouraged to do so.

-- 
M?ns Rullg?rd
mans at mansr.com



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