Re: [Monotone-devel] Contributed scripts and how to handle them...

[CooSoft Support]

Stephen Leake wrote:
> Stephen Leake <address@hidden> writes:
>
>   
> > CooSoft Support <address@hidden> writes:
> >
> >     
> > > What I was referring to as standard Perl, was in the English sense of
> > > the word and not referring to an ISO standard. 
> > >       
> > Hmm. Wiktionary (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/standard) gives 9
> > definitions of "standard". The closest here is number 6:
> >
> >     "A rule or set of rules or requirements which are widely agreed upon
> >     or imposed by government." 
> >
> > That would be "de-facto" or "industry" or "ISO" standard.
> >     
>
> That's the noun definition. Number 6 under adjectives is:
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>     "As normally  supplied  (not optional)."
>
> Which is exactly how you are using it.
>
> Sigh. I should have scrolled down _before_ I hit send :).
>   
Hehe no worries :-) Done that myself enough times....
> I'm familiar with that usage, but only as applied to features on
> automobiles; "air conditioning is standard on Honda Accord, but not on
> Ford Pinto". I've just never heard it used in a software package
> context.
>
> Amazing how the mind conspires to hide memories from us!
>
>   
So with any luck my 20 line perl script should be able to run... Many 
thanks for your help with the test suite stuff.

Tony.