Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2020 08:43:54 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org> Cc: Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com>, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r362466 - in head: contrib/file/magic/Magdir contrib/tcpdump lib/geom/part stand/efi/include stand/i386/boot0 sys/dev/hptmv sys/geom/part usr.bin/fortune/datfiles usr.bin/mkimg usr.sbin... Message-ID: <CANCZdfp96MExtfZemUyKJiVg_UBkQcAEs5pscVbZBqLjZvCg8Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <b0f95c59-17cc-9421-3956-c959fdfff626@selasky.org> References: <202006211334.05LDY91F058399@repo.freebsd.org> <20200621154723.e2112fa798d35d78e16e3ccc@bidouilliste.com> <b0f95c59-17cc-9421-3956-c959fdfff626@selasky.org>
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On Sun, Jun 21, 2020, 8:38 AM Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org> wrote: > On 2020-06-21 15:47, Emmanuel Vadot wrote: > > What's more clear about calling something that is called Master Boot > > Record something else ? > > What's next ? Will you contact the BBC so they redub all Doctor Who > > episode where "The Master" appears ? Contact Disney so the release a > > new version of Tron where the Master Control Program is call the Main > > Control Program ? > > Hi Manu, > > I didn't know BBC made such episodes. > > And no, I won't contact BBC nor Disney about this. > > The point here is that the Master's Boot Record may be very badly > perceived by some people. Do I need to explain that? > Please revert. Another part if the guidance was that industry standard terms should be used until the industry renames them. This makes FreeBSD unique for no good reason. There also is no slave boot record. Master here comes from the same place as master key. Warner > >
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