Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2020 16:45:26 +0200 From: Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> Cc: Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com>, 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: <fd60e85a-f272-79d0-f425-f7d4a03611d0@selasky.org> In-Reply-To: <20200621142758.GA39778@FreeBSD.org> References: <202006211334.05LDY91F058399@repo.freebsd.org> <20200621134554.GA8649@FreeBSD.org> <7a0ff2d5-83df-eeec-d9a5-065fac342dfc@selasky.org> <20200621154833.f12693f783334c86f325ee46@bidouilliste.com> <20200621135912.GC8649@FreeBSD.org> <20200621140256.GD8649@FreeBSD.org> <56610200-f560-1ca4-626d-b5c9e826dfe9@selasky.org> <20200621142758.GA39778@FreeBSD.org>
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Hi Alexey, On 2020-06-21 16:27, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > There is no chicken and egg problem here Hans. You're inventing bogus > and unsound terminology that does no good and only confuses our users, > code readers, and makes us as a project look like idiots. There is no unsound terminology: https://www.google.com/search?q=main+boot+record At least Google knows exactly what I mean, even without asking if I want to search for "main boot loader" or "master boot loader"! > Several people had asked you to revert the commit. It was not properly > reviewed, it solves no existing problem, but creates one instead. Like said, there no real breakage. And if you find more that is broken I will write it down, like the Wikipedia link and fix it. Please give me some time. --HPS
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