On Thu, Apr 07, 2016 at 10:13:02PM +0200, Ingo Schwarze wrote: > Hi, > > Jason McIntyre wrote on Thu, Apr 07, 2016 at 08:35:52PM +0100: > > On Thu, Apr 07, 2016 at 03:15:01PM -0400, Rob Pierce wrote: > > >> Change "super user" to "superuser". > > > hmm. you have the weight of the man pages behind you, since they > > overwhelmingly use "superuser". > > In that case, ... > > > the trouble is, i don;t think "super > > user" is wrong, and i'm reluctant to do this... > > > > i've made changes like this before, when we have a real majority of > > spelling leading one way. but they always creep back in. i think we > > should just accept that we can spell things more than one way sometimes. > > > > but then grep ;( > > > > jmc, indecisive... > > ... just commit it, in particular when the work was already done. > > Sure, it's not a big deal either way, and it doesn't do much harm > if a few spelling variants creep back in, no need to waste a lot > of time paying attention that they don't, but if we can improve > consistency almost for free, why not? > > It can also help developers who look for spelling help in existing > pages if they find consistent usage. That tends to reduce the time > spent trying to figure out whether there is a preferred form. On > the other hand, consistency doesn't slow down people who don't care > as long as we don't yell at them. > > Yours, > Ingo >
hi. as far as i'm concerned, "super user" is not wrong. that's the rub. we have lots of alternate spellings in english, and i don;t see the point of trying to enforce one or the other. if they were spelled differently within the same page, then yes, fair enough. for me, there's not a clear enough benefit to make the change. and i don;t like to somehow enforce spelling in a particular way. jmc > > > > Index: src/share/man/man4/pty.4 > > > =================================================================== > > > RCS file: /cvs/src/share/man/man4/pty.4,v > > > retrieving revision 1.21 > > > diff -u -p -r1.21 pty.4 > > > --- src/share/man/man4/pty.4 21 Nov 2015 08:04:20 -0000 1.21 > > > +++ src/share/man/man4/pty.4 7 Apr 2016 19:12:07 -0000 > > > @@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ device nodes following the naming conven > > > .Ox . > > > Since > > > .Pa ptm > > > -impersonates the super user for some operations it needs to perform > > > +impersonates the superuser for some operations it needs to perform > > > to complete the allocation of a pseudo terminal, the > > > .Pa /dev > > > -directory must also be writeable by the super user. > > > +directory must also be writeable by the superuser. > > > > > > Index: src/share/man/man5/login.conf.5 > > > =================================================================== > > > RCS file: /cvs/src/share/man/man5/login.conf.5,v > > > retrieving revision 1.62 > > > diff -u -p -r1.62 login.conf.5 > > > --- src/share/man/man5/login.conf.5 30 Mar 2016 06:58:06 -0000 > > > 1.62 > > > +++ src/share/man/man5/login.conf.5 7 Apr 2016 19:12:07 -0000 > > > @@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ to indicate if the user is in group whee > > > Some authentication types require the user to be in group wheel when > > > using > > > the > > > .Xr su 1 > > > -program to become super user. > > > +program to become superuser. > > > .El > > > .Pp > > > When the authentication program is executed, > > > > > > Index: src/usr.sbin/cron/crontab.1 > > > =================================================================== > > > RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.sbin/cron/crontab.1,v > > > retrieving revision 1.33 > > > diff -u -p -r1.33 crontab.1 > > > --- src/usr.sbin/cron/crontab.1 26 Oct 2015 15:50:06 -0000 1.33 > > > +++ src/usr.sbin/cron/crontab.1 7 Apr 2016 19:12:07 -0000 > > > @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ be listed in the > > > .Pa /var/cron/cron.deny > > > file in order to use > > > .Nm . > > > -If neither of these files exists then only the super user > > > +If neither of these files exists then only the superuser > > > will be allowed to use > > > .Nm . > > > .Em NOTE :
