Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:34:48 -0700 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CfR: config chapter changes Message-ID: <20120215213448.GA29817@hemlock.hydra> In-Reply-To: <20120215040311.GB1862@glenbarber.us> References: <CAF6rxgnvyoibFt7ijm6GpWoeF-eAOLu3SgvhEGCBDUAV4grybw@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.GSO.1.10.1202120028440.882@multics.mit.edu> <CAF6rxgmPyVXSFRJiOZZaJQFObhCsZMHS5_5UneVrb3t=wznMhA@mail.gmail.com> <20120215040311.GB1862@glenbarber.us>
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On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 11:03:11PM -0500, Glen Barber wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 10:36:19PM -0500, Eitan Adler wrote:
> >
> > + Because of the system crontab, there is usually no need to
> > + create a user crontab for <username>root</username>.</para>
>
> "Because of the system crontab" is something I'm not fond of. I'd
> prefer "Since the system crontab effectively invokes the specified
> commands as root..." or something. Not a nit directly about your patch;
> I wasn't fond of the original version.
I'm not crazy about using a time-ordering term ("since") as a synonym for
a term indicating causality ("because"). How about "Because the system
crontab effectively invokes . . ." ?
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Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
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