Changeset 75d64be for chapter08

Timestamp:

12/09/2022 08:27:24 PM (17 months ago)

Author:

David Bryant <davidbryant@…>

Branches:

11.3, 11.3-rc1, 12.0, 12.0-rc1, 12.1, 12.1-rc1, bdubbs/gcc13, multilib, renodr/libudev-from-systemd, trunk, xry111/arm64, xry111/arm64-12.0, xry111/clfs-ng, xry111/loongarch, xry111/loongarch-12.0, xry111/loongarch-12.1, xry111/mips64el, xry111/update-glibc

Children:

f8ac129

Parents:

0291294

Message:

Improve English idiom. Use the indicative mood.

File:

• chapter08/meson.xml (modified) (5 diffs)

chapter08/meson.xml

@@ -24 +24 @@
     <title/>
 
-    <para>Meson is an open source build system meant to be both extremely fast
+    <para>Meson is an open source build system designed to be both extremely fast
     and as user friendly as possible.</para>
 
@@ -37 +37 @@
 
     <tip revision="sysv">
-      <para>This section is not strictly required for LFS if not using
-      systemd. On the other hand, meson/ninja is a powerful build system,
-      which is expected to be used more and more often. It is required for
+      <para>This section is not strictly required when LFS does not use
+      systemd. On the other hand, Meson, along with Ninja, makes
+      a powerful build system combination,
+      which will probably be used more and more often. It is required for
       several packages in <ulink url="&blfs-book;">the BLFS
       book</ulink>.</para>
@@ -57 +58 @@
 <screen><userinput remap="make">pip3 wheel -w dist --no-build-isolation --no-deps $PWD</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>The test suite requires some packages out of the scope of LFS.</para>
+    <para>The test suite requires some packages outside the scope of LFS.</para>
 
     <para>Install the package:</para>
@@ -71 +72 @@
         <term><parameter>-w dist</parameter></term>
         <listitem>
-           <para>Put the created wheels into the
+           <para>Puts the created wheels into the
            <filename class='directory'>dist</filename> directory.</para>
         </listitem>
@@ -79 +80 @@
         <term><parameter>--find-links dist</parameter></term>
         <listitem>
-           <para>Install wheels from the
+           <para>Installs wheels from the
            <filename class='directory'>dist</filename> directory.</para>
         </listitem>