FAQ wording (was: Re: Desolate Condition)

[Jason Liu]

>
> What if the end of the first sentence was changed to: "ports will be
> installed for only the architecture you're currently running on."?
>

Besides being the most concisely worded, I also find this version to be the
most unambiguous. I think leaving the words "build/built" and "compile" out
of the sentence entirely would be for the best.

-- 
Jason Liu


On Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 10:15 AM Wowfunhappy at gmail.com <wowfunhappy at gmail.com>
wrote:

> > It's a tricky thing to state both concisely and accurately because the
> > compilation may indeed happen on the user's computer after installation
> > is requested. Or it may not. The ambiguity of whether "be compiled" is a
> > verb in the passive voice ("the code is being compiled") or a
> > description of a state ("this is code compiled for x86_64") may reflect
> > the author's awareness of the undecidedness of which one will actually
> > happen.
> >
> > Improvements to the text's clarity are very welcome, of course.
> >
> > - Josh
>
> What if the end of the first sentence was changed to: "ports will be
> installed for only the architecture you're currently running on."?
> Basically mirroring the other change made on Saturday.
>
>
>
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