Re: [HACKERS] [PATCH] Minor typo in the source repository documentation - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [HACKERS] [PATCH] Minor typo in the source repository documentation
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Msg-id 17868.1499628703@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] [PATCH] Minor typo in the source repository documentation  (Pantelis Theodosiou <ypercube@gmail.com>)
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Pantelis Theodosiou <ypercube@gmail.com> writes:
> On Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 6:27 PM, Martin Mai <mrkanister1024@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Since "they" means the tools, would changing
>> ... the files they are used to build are included in the tarball.
>> to
>> ... the files they use to build [it] are included in the tarball.
>> convey the intended meaning more clearly?

> Perhaps:
> .. since the necessary files are included in the tarball.

I think that might give the impression that we'd bundled Perl et al
into the tarball :-(

I was considering changing "the files they are used to build"
to "the files that these tools are used to build".  I think the
main problem is just misunderstanding which things "they" means,
and that should fix it.
        regards, tom lane



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