From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail-wm1-f54.google.com (mail-wm1-f54.google.com [209.85.128.54]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.web08.16003.1627594264490600490 for ; Thu, 29 Jul 2021 14:31:04 -0700 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=pass header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.s=google header.b=RYik5clm; spf=pass (domain: linuxfoundation.org, ip: 209.85.128.54, mailfrom: richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org) Received: by mail-wm1-f54.google.com with SMTP id n28-20020a05600c3b9cb02902552e60df56so4939865wms.0 for ; Thu, 29 Jul 2021 14:31:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=google; h=message-id:subject:from:to:cc:date:in-reply-to:references :user-agent:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=bX4nlt2cHCQEs/+PTtSQ7jahAPBukX8yc36/mYFsntc=; b=RYik5clm85YqRsUphtF0PqaOWjmFvA/tudhMUs0p9jpas1fUvrnuUKJzybUQWn2TEj WxndKTumKvrDghLDFNGqX/V8Qu2wzoEjNA9DqtEiDlL6Hisadtwj/TWOuqTJKk2DKrAu niyg7OHLAjdPeUK08MaJPR6rKT2rdWOXBgAz4= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:date:in-reply-to :references:user-agent:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=bX4nlt2cHCQEs/+PTtSQ7jahAPBukX8yc36/mYFsntc=; b=bwtpgkE2BKkbomC9lPsYUCSngTRFcLAJpgXwbsDIBk675gppxOVywXziylnUu81NO6 Eqd7ZgpPjDlilCNxOXR//qVIc8lBgQce9TtiuY5hLc9zHb11ugDtM9NLZktFbgtA7CWq 9mfBJbuosVrziK8t2y+d+nfl1shiVXt0di3qkQu6M7L29FNL1mebtUdZSyWvs6/kvOTd ppuhd+lg3qSo6ZWBfNGx1m2vORGQfsHRYFxEyJi91NjGj2aZ396ZA9XfV8TjSaLATYds aG115v5eJTYG3+mBDwo1Hwv0UR+MPd3tj2yJTY3PpQqtxsAP4u9k4pL0FjK2yd1Zf4wf d7XQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530BHQSqq3nS2xt0dft9DpYjxu0ecYPp1YvpTaPyGIBl0ZrkcN9J v4nVpIvHWnuXuCTTpy95oLTmzw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJz7rMnG8vTeLsaQmeYm4oqq82ne1IFtDjzBmaTZH56LRsVfpOwkvkJznz7MuRBUO5PXCxjSTg== X-Received: by 2002:a05:600c:4657:: with SMTP id n23mr6792327wmo.46.1627594262991; Thu, 29 Jul 2021 14:31:02 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: from ?IPv6:2001:8b0:aba:5f3c:89c8:a51f:1301:604b? ([2001:8b0:aba:5f3c:89c8:a51f:1301:604b]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id t17sm4630925wru.94.2021.07.29.14.31.02 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Thu, 29 Jul 2021 14:31:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Subject: Re: [bitbake-devel] [PATCH] doc: bitbake-user-manual: grammar fix for the number of "metadata" From: "Richard Purdie" To: Quentin Schulz , Michael Opdenacker Cc: bitbake-devel@lists.openembedded.org, docs@lists.yoctoproject.org Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2021 22:31:01 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20210729130521.e5dkww5yktdf3uno@fedora> References: <9aebdc2ca149587d39cd23628c392423148f22ba.camel@linuxfoundation.org> <20210729130133.163787-1-michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com> <20210729130521.e5dkww5yktdf3uno@fedora> User-Agent: Evolution 3.40.0-1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On Thu, 2021-07-29 at 15:05 +0200, Quentin Schulz wrote: > Hi Michael, > > On Thu, Jul 29, 2021 at 03:01:33PM +0200, Michael Opdenacker wrote: > > "metadata" is used both as singular and as plural. > > The first change fixes a case in which the verbs have a singular conjugation > > but articles that indicate a plural case. > > > > The second change is for consistency with the first one inside > > the same paragraph. > > > > Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker > > --- > >  doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-intro.rst | 4 ++-- > >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-intro.rst b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-intro.rst > > index eb140665..64e7305d 100644 > > --- a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-intro.rst > > +++ b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-intro.rst > > @@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ Linux software stacks using a task-oriented approach. > >  Conceptually, BitBake is similar to GNU Make in some regards but has > >  significant differences: > >   > > > > > > > > -- BitBake executes tasks according to provided metadata that builds up > > +- BitBake executes tasks according to provided metadata that build up > >     the tasks. Metadata is stored in recipe (``.bb``) and related recipe > > Then "Metadata are" here seems appropriate to me. What do you think? I'd have said "Metadata is stored in recipes"... Cheers, Richard