MySQL Bugs: #49447: some gramatical and typographical problems in client utilities --help output

Bug #49447	some gramatical and typographical problems in client utilities --help output
Submitted:	4 Dec 2009 5:23	Modified:	17 Jun 2010 22:53
Reporter:	Shane Bester (Platinum Quality Contributor)	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server: Command-line Clients	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:	5.1.41, all	OS:	Any
Assigned to:	Staale Smedseng	CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
this is related to bug #49417 and bug #39368

mysqldump:
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-B, --databases has a typo: "databasenames"
--master-data should have a space between: "dump.Option"

mysqlcheck:
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-B, --databases has a typo: "databasenames"

mysqlshow:
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o) should have a space after the comma: "Shows the structure of a mysql 
   database (databases,tables and columns)"
o) change "If no table is given then all matching tables in database are shown
   If no column is given then all matching columns and columntypes in table
   are shown" 
   to be 
   "If no table is given then all matching tables in the database are shown.
   If no column is given then all matching columns and column types in the table
   are shown."  

mysqltest:
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--tail-lines has a typo: "resul"

myisamchk:
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-e, --extend-check has a typo: "throughly"
-q, --quick has a typo: "currupted"

mysqlmanager:
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--defaults-file has a typo: "setings"

How to repeat:
read the help outputs. 

Suggested fix:
the typos in this and related bugs are just a guideline to start with.  each public facing text should be checked by a professional editor and every mistake corrected.

Thank you for the report.

Verified as described.

A patch for this bug has been committed. After review, it may
be pushed to the relevant source trees for release in the next
version. You can access the patch from:

  http://lists.mysql.com/commits/98605

3334 Staale Smedseng	2010-01-29
      Bug #49447 some gramatical and typographical problems in
      client utilities --help output
      
      Some cleanup of the --help output of our client apps as well
      as mysqld --help:
      
      * Typos corrected.
      * Changes in punctuation: Sentences are terminated
        with a period, exclamation marks are removed and some commas
        are added.
      * SQL keywords are capitalized, without any quotes.
      * Semicolon in a sentence is not followed by a capital letter.
      * The word SQL is all-caps.
      * A few sentences already touched by the above have also been
        simplified.

A patch for this bug has been committed. After review, it may
be pushed to the relevant source trees for release in the next
version. You can access the patch from:

  http://lists.mysql.com/commits/98938

3334 Staale Smedseng	2010-02-02
      Bug #49447 some gramatical and typographical problems in
      client utilities --help output
      
      Some cleanup of the --help output of our client apps as well
      as mysqld --help:
      
      * Typos corrected.
      * Changes in punctuation: Sentences are terminated
        with a period, exclamation marks are removed and some commas
        are added.
      * SQL keywords are capitalized, without any quotes.
      * Semicolon in a sentence is not followed by a capital letter.
      * The word SQL is all-caps.
      * A few sentences already touched by the above have also been
        simplified.

A patch for this bug has been committed. After review, it may
be pushed to the relevant source trees for release in the next
version. You can access the patch from:

  http://lists.mysql.com/commits/99253

3355 Staale Smedseng	2010-02-04
      Bug #49447 some gramatical and typographical problems in
      client utilities --help output
      
      Some cleanup of the --help output of our client apps as well
      as mysqld --help:
      
      * Typos corrected.
      * Changes in punctuation: Sentences are terminated
        with a period, exclamation marks are removed and some commas
        are added.
      * SQL keywords are capitalized, without any quotes.
      * Semicolon in a sentence is not followed by a capital letter.
      * The word SQL is all-caps.
      * A few sentences already touched by the above have also been
        simplified.

A patch for this bug has been committed. After review, it may
be pushed to the relevant source trees for release in the next
version. You can access the patch from:

  http://lists.mysql.com/commits/99270

3355 Staale Smedseng	2010-02-04
      Recommit of Bug#49447.

Pushed into 5.1.45 (revid:joro@sun.com-20100301083827-xnimmrjg6bh33o1o) (version source revid:joerg@mysql.com-20100212173307-ph563zr4wmoklgwd) (merge vers: 5.1.45) (pib:16)

Pushed into 6.0.14-alpha (revid:alik@sun.com-20100302142746-u1gxdf5yk2bjrq3e) (version source revid:alik@sun.com-20100301190251-iema5x6db433m99z) (merge vers: 6.0.14-alpha) (pib:16)

Pushed into mysql-next-mr (revid:alik@sun.com-20100302072432-k8xvfkgcggkwgi94) (version source revid:alik@sun.com-20100224135227-rcqs9pe9b2in80pf) (pib:16)

Cosmetic changes. No changelog entry needed.

Pushed into 5.5.4-m3 (revid:alik@sun.com-20100326080914-2pz8ns984e0spu03) (version source revid:alexey.kopytov@sun.com-20100307164059-cri8typa32cypq0l) (merge vers: 5.5.3-m2) (pib:16)

Pushed into mysql-next-mr (revid:alik@sun.com-20100326081116-m3v4l34yhr43mtsv) (version source revid:alik@sun.com-20100325072612-4sds00ix8ajo1e84) (pib:16)

No changelog entry needed.

Pushed into 5.1.46 (revid:sergey.glukhov@sun.com-20100405111026-7kz1p8qlzglqgfmu) (version source revid:staale.smedseng@sun.com-20100301134951-1so7n5vi7xu0brf0) (merge vers: 5.1.45) (pib:16)

Thank you for your bug report. This issue has been committed to our source repository of that product and will be incorporated into the next release.

If necessary, you can access the source repository and build the latest available version, including the bug fix. More information about accessing the source trees is available at

    http://dev.mysql.com/doc/en/installing-source.html

Pushed into 5.1.47-ndb-7.0.16 (revid:martin.skold@mysql.com-20100617114014-bva0dy24yyd67697) (version source revid:vasil.dimov@oracle.com-20100331130613-8ja7n0vh36a80457) (merge vers: 5.1.46) (pib:16)

Pushed into 5.1.47-ndb-6.2.19 (revid:martin.skold@mysql.com-20100617115448-idrbic6gbki37h1c) (version source revid:martin.skold@mysql.com-20100609211156-tsac5qhw951miwtt) (merge vers: 5.1.46-ndb-6.2.19) (pib:16)

Pushed into 5.1.47-ndb-6.3.35 (revid:martin.skold@mysql.com-20100617114611-61aqbb52j752y116) (version source revid:vasil.dimov@oracle.com-20100331130613-8ja7n0vh36a80457) (merge vers: 5.1.46) (pib:16)