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From: Samuli Suominen <ssuominen@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Request of news item review: 2013-03-29-udev-predictable-network-interface-names.en.txt
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 10:27:40
Message-Id: 51556C3A.1020803@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Re: Request of news item review: 2013-03-29-udev-predictable-network-interface-names.en.txt by Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>
1 On 29/03/13 12:24, Duncan wrote:
2 > Samuli Suominen posted on Fri, 29 Mar 2013 10:09:27 +0200 as excerpted:
3 >
4 >> This feature will also replace the functionality of sys-apps/biosdevname
5 >> which you should uninstall. However, you can still keep using
6 >> sys-apps/biosdevname if you want.
7 >
8 > I'd suggest...
9 >
10 > This feature can optionally replace... can uninstall.
11 >
12 > IOW...
13 >
14 > s/will also/can optionally/
15 >
16 > s/should/can/
17 >
18 >
19 > It sounds less menacing than your suggested wording, making it clearer
20 > that it's an optional replacement and lessening the apparent conflict and
21 > possible confusion with the next sentence saying it can still be used if
22 > desired.
23 >
24 > I'd say that's a particularly good idea given the sensitivity around the
25 > "all engulfing gray goo" that systemd has seemed to many to have become.
26 > Given that upstream specifically designed this feature to cooperate with
27 > existing biosdevname installations, let's not unnecessarily poke that
28 > hornet's nest by implying otherwise, even if the next sentence /does/
29 > basically say it's an optional change anyway. =:^/
30 >
31
32 OK, new one attached, should be better

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Request of news item review: 2013-03-29-udev-predictable-network-interface-names.en.txt "Diego Elio Pettenò" <flameeyes@×××××××××.eu>