From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1Laxqs-0003Ny-Am for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 14:49:30 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Laxqq-0003Nk-8b for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 14:49:28 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Laxqn-0003NY-Sa for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 14:49:26 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=49536 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Laxqn-0003NV-ME for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 14:49:25 -0500 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]:53598) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Laxqn-0001gc-9y for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 14:49:25 -0500 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LaxkD-0008WS-HP; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:42:37 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Laxqi-0004q1-FP; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:49:20 +0100 Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:49:20 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20090221194920.GA18492@thorin> References: <20090121211706.GA4175@pina.cat> <20090124142604.GB27695@pina.cat> <20090209143926.GB4841@thorin> <4990DF32.4050308@earthlink.net> <20090221130254.GC16068@thorin> <49A026BA.7050409@earthlink.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <49A026BA.7050409@earthlink.net> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Cc: martin f krafft Subject: Re: "single-user mode" string (Re: gettext patch (beta)) X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 19:49:28 -0000 On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 11:07:22AM -0500, BandiPat wrote: > Robert Millan wrote: > >> I'd keep it a bit less technical. Something like "rescue mode" or >> "recovery mode". >> >> Suggestions? >> > ------------------ > > I think either of those may work better. Either better describes the > level the machine boots to, yet will be less confusing to the user as to > why it's in the list. Uhm the current "single-user mode" string is inspired by the one in debian's original update-grub script, which used to be "recovery mode" but was changed in 2006: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=370110 I guess it'd be polite to ask Martin about it before switching to "recovery mode" or "rescue mode". Martin, our problem is that "single-user mode" is very confusing for those not experienced with Un*x. They tend to think this is the normal mode of operation since they are (usually) a "single user". Any comments? -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."