From owner-svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 23 21:18:05 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DB69850C; Fri, 23 Jan 2015 21:18:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-lb0-x233.google.com (mail-lb0-x233.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4010:c04::233]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5B444348; Fri, 23 Jan 2015 21:18:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-lb0-f179.google.com with SMTP id 10so7954657lbg.10; Fri, 23 Jan 2015 13:18:03 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=w6UB5727e1ZlEFG93tudy2gDmw3ZNNoYYvOKkTY+wno=; b=xootc1VLfaGroURUvESbbijrSywsWNV0nFygVnp+DJGKlGxQlM5umCtkqgCF5G5RxE kj5XD3qwHCZwK+ldkNgpyh9XzktQ8ArmnO331/ByzJRs5PtPErbFxn7YDirz1t7qQPDM uugLNBIE4Rg+YnAsVNuWfF121KlAQH6ARsoyE+ZSdCoZJq5AcqmtgT6lsGCctkhl+caW 0Uieuj0YpbHO3RkPaiGigzNm/O+eTowsv4oIIU9q6EhLiUm4HLOsi3ZDBjtMijrX6e8B 2/0vm9g7XucfDv3Hv5apkhB4sIm3tqQqntqSXfNeNoHNP2+pq/ZBRuc7ORFe+pnKIEGy LxTw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.152.44.228 with SMTP id h4mr8454209lam.31.1422047883459; Fri, 23 Jan 2015 13:18:03 -0800 (PST) Sender: davide.italiano@gmail.com Received: by 10.25.155.4 with HTTP; Fri, 23 Jan 2015 13:18:03 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20150123205617.GB56104@sol.firepipe.net> References: <201501231618.t0NGIeDv057991@svn.freebsd.org> <20150123205617.GB56104@sol.firepipe.net> Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 13:18:03 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: -Nx1CTRrJSCQsFeVl9v1RakdKDM Message-ID: Subject: Re: svn commit: r277570 - head/usr.bin/vmstat From: Davide Italiano To: Will Andrews Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" , "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" , "src-committers@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 21:18:06 -0000 On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 12:56 PM, Will Andrews wrote: > On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 11:23:57AM -0800, Davide Italiano wrote: >> What's the rationale behind this change? > > The rationale was to match the clock used to the name (and implied intent) > of the variables used to store/manipulate the data. > > It's possible that 'uptime' is entirely the wrong term in vmstat, in which > case the naming used elsewhere in vmstat needs to be changed too. > > -- > wca I don't think this is a reason strong enough, we should rather go the other way around as already suggested. I would like to see this reverted. Thanks, -- Davide "There are no solved problems; there are only problems that are more or less solved" -- Henri Poincare