[Buildroot] [PATCH 7/9] manual: get-involved.txt: fix event order

Ryan Barnett rjbarnet at rockwellcollins.com
Tue Oct 8 18:28:59 UTC 2013


Arnout, Thomas D., Samuel, All,

Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout at mind.be> wrote on 10/08/2013 01:04:13 PM:

> On 10/08/13 11:31, Thomas De Schampheleire wrote:
> > Hi Samuel,
> >
> > On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 9:49 PM, Samuel Martin <s.martin49 at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> >> Signed-off-by: Samuel Martin <s.martin49 at gmail.com>
> >> ---
> >>   docs/manual/get-involved.txt | 10 ++++++----
> >>   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/docs/manual/get-involved.txt 
b/docs/manual/get-involved.txt
> >> index 8515d34..49ab54c 100644
> >> --- a/docs/manual/get-involved.txt
> >> +++ b/docs/manual/get-involved.txt
> >> @@ -84,6 +84,12 @@ Currently, this page is mainly used as a 
_todo-list_.
> >>   Events
> >>   ------
> >>
> >> +Buildroot Developer Days aside FOSDEM 2012 (February 3, 2012 - 
Brussels)
> >> 
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >> +
> >> +* Announcement & agenda thread: http://lists.busybox.net/
> pipermail/buildroot/2012-January/049340.html[]
> >> +* Report: http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2012-
> February/050371.html[]
> >> +
> >>   Buildroot Developer Days aside ELC-E 2012 (November 3-4, 2012 - 
Barcelona)
> >> 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >>
> >> @@ -94,8 +100,4 @@ Buildroot presentation at LSM 2012 (July 12-14, 
> 2012 - Geneva)
> >>
> >>   * Announcement: http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/
> 2012-May/053845.html[]
> >>
> >> -Buildroot Developer Days aside FOSDEM 2012 (February 3, 2012 - 
Brussels)
> >> 
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >>
> >> -* Announcement & agenda thread: http://lists.busybox.net/
> pipermail/buildroot/2012-January/049340.html[]
> >> -* Report: http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2012-
> February/050371.html[]
> >> --
> >
> > What is the meaning of 'aside' here ?
> > For me, aside means 'next to' in a spatial context.
> > In this case, I think we are rather talking about time, in the sense
> > that BDD are before or after the mentioned conference. I'm not sure if
> > there exists a word like aside/adjacent that can be used in a time
> > context, but otherwise we could use:
> >
> > ... prior to ...
> > ... after ...
> 
>   I think "alongside" is correct. Any native English speaker who can 
confirm?

"alongside" would be correct. However, I would consider using "following"
since technically speaking the BDD happens after FOSDEM is done.

Another option is to use "co-located", as SELinux Developer Summit uses to 

describe their conferences - http://selinuxproject.org/page/Conferences
 
>   Regards,
>   Arnout

Thanks,
-Ryan
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