{"issue":{"title":"Replace usage of the term \"spermy\" with \"approximate\".","user":{"login":"postmodern","id":12671,"url":"https://api.github.com/users/postmodern","avatar_url":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/66f5d5b64b951b3eeb8b6c34fcb69237?d=https://a248.e.akamai.net/assets.github.com%2Fimages%2Fgravatars%2Fgravatar-140.png","gravatar_id":"66f5d5b64b951b3eeb8b6c34fcb69237"},"created_at":"2011-06-29T20:48:11Z","milestone":null,"labels":[],"state":"open","updated_at":"2011-12-28T03:31:25Z","id":1140516,"closed_at":null,"html_url":"https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/issues/124","pull_request":{"patch_url":"https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/pull/124.patch","html_url":"https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/pull/124","diff_url":"https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/pull/124.diff"},"body":"* The \"spermy\" or \"twiddle wakka\" operator (~>) is similar to the\r\n  greater-equal-then (>=) version operator, except that it matches\r\n  families of versions. This version operator also uses a Tilde character,\r\n  which is commonly used to denote approximate values\r\n  (See definition 2.b http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tilde).","number":124,"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/rubygems/rubygems/issues/124","comments":9,"assignee":{"login":"sandal","id":4893,"url":"https://api.github.com/users/sandal","avatar_url":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/31e038e4e9330f6c75ccfd1fca8010ee?d=https://a248.e.akamai.net/assets.github.com%2Fimages%2Fgravatars%2Fgravatar-140.png","gravatar_id":"31e038e4e9330f6c75ccfd1fca8010ee"}},"comment":{"user":{"login":"steveklabnik","id":27786,"url":"https://api.github.com/users/steveklabnik","avatar_url":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/233c279c012ebac792aaa805f966cbc7?d=https://a248.e.akamai.net/assets.github.com%2Fimages%2Fgravatars%2Fgravatar-140.png","gravatar_id":"233c279c012ebac792aaa805f966cbc7"},"created_at":"2011-12-28T03:31:24Z","updated_at":"2011-12-28T03:31:24Z","id":3287906,"body":"@sandal I have tested this patch against HEAD, and it still runs without the tests. Per our discussion, you should merge it.","url":"https://api.github.com/repos/rubygems/rubygems/issues/comments/3287906"},"action":"created"}