US vs. British spelling

[Corey Burger]

On 3/10/06, Matthew East <mdke at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-03-10 at 09:27 -0800, Corey Burger wrote:
> > On 3/10/06, Matthew East <mdke at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2006-03-10 at 11:21 -0600, Rocco Stanzione wrote:
> > > > We have inconsistencies in spellings of words like color/colour,
> > > > behavior/behaviour, etc.  I figure we should be consistent.  Should I correct
> > > > to the American spelling or the British?
> > >
> > > We should use American spelling, so you should correct the British
> > > stuff.
> > >
> > >M
> >
> > Umm, why? Most of the world uses International/British spelling? My
> > vote is for International.
>
> It's a little late in the cycle to have a vote on this now, maybe we can
> discuss changing for the next cycle, but for now it's American:
>
> http://doc.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/styleguide/C/ch04s03.html
>
> M

Hmm, guess I should read that document someday. Indeed, lets chat for
the next release.

Corey