> From: "Antoine Jacoutot" <[email protected]> > To: "Ian Darwin" <[email protected]> > Cc: "tech" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 10:59:54 AM > Subject: Re: rcctl ls faulty -> failed
> On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 10:48:17AM -0400, Ian Darwin wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 03:29:27PM +0200, Antoine Jacoutot wrote: > > > Hi. > > > We'd like to rename the 'faulty' listing to 'failed'. > > > i.e. rcctl ls failed > > > Index: etc/daily > > > =================================================================== > > > RCS file: /cvs/src/etc/daily,v > > > retrieving revision 1.85 > > > diff -u -p -u -p -r1.85 daily > > > --- etc/daily 28 Jan 2016 15:45:34 -0000 1.85 > > > +++ etc/daily 29 Mar 2016 13:25:59 -0000 > > > @@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ while [ "X$ROOTBACKUP" = X1 ]; do > > > done > > > next_part "Services that should run but don't:" > > While you're there, can you please change "should run but don't" to > > "should be running but aren't" ? The current wording is awkward, > > and also implies that they don't run (ie. they fail to start) > > when in fact they may have been running but been shut down > > manually, or failed. Language should be precise as well as concise. > Sure. > -- > Antoine Contractions aren't necessary. http://courses.cs.vt.edu/cs3604/support/Writing/writing.caveats.html
