[31909] trunk/doc-new/guide/xml/portfile-global-keywords.7.xml

[markd at macports.org]

Revision: 31909
          http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/changeset/31909
Author:   markd at macports.org
Date:     2007-12-11 12:05:07 -0800 (Tue, 11 Dec 2007)

Log Message:
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Fix grammer and typos in epoch material from my last commit.

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/doc-new/guide/xml/portfile-global-keywords.7.xml

Modified: trunk/doc-new/guide/xml/portfile-global-keywords.7.xml
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--- trunk/doc-new/guide/xml/portfile-global-keywords.7.xml	2007-12-11 18:49:03 UTC (rev 31908)
+++ trunk/doc-new/guide/xml/portfile-global-keywords.7.xml	2007-12-11 20:05:07 UTC (rev 31909)
@@ -91,17 +91,17 @@
           <note>
             <para>If an epoch is used it must be incremented for each
             subsequent port update; it must never be decreased or reset to
-            zero, because this would cause port version comparisons to fail to
-            see when ports are out of date.</para>
+            zero, because this would always cause a port version comparison to
+            be incorrect after a port upgrade.</para>
           </note>
 
-          <para>An epoch will not be needed for most ports, and good use of a
-          port's version can even make using an epoch unneccesary even for
+          <para>An epoch is not be needed for most ports, and good use of a
+          port's version can make using an epoch unneccesary even for
           application distributions without official version numbers. For
-          example, if a application version 1.5 is superceded by a snapshot
+          example, if an application version 1.5 is superceded by a snapshot
           release 20081022, the new release could be given version number
           1.5.20081022, rather than 20081022, so the newer release will have a
-          numericaly greater value. </para>
+          numericaly greater value.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 

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