From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1Laz5J-0004wD-9R for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:08:29 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Laz5H-0004t3-Bc for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:08:27 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Laz5F-0004pj-Qa for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:08:27 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=42813 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Laz5F-0004pW-M3 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:08:25 -0500 Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:17269) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Laz5F-0006mm-8x for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:08:25 -0500 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Laz5E-0001UY-Oj for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:08:24 -0500 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Layya-0000Fa-Nm for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:01:33 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Laz55-0004x3-R7 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:08:15 +0100 Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:08:15 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20090221210815.GA18999@thorin> References: <20090121211706.GA4175@pina.cat> <20090124142604.GB27695@pina.cat> <20090209143926.GB4841@thorin> <4990DF32.4050308@earthlink.net> <20090221130254.GC16068@thorin> <49A026BA.7050409@earthlink.net> <20090221194920.GA18492@thorin> <20090221201015.GA4618@piper.oerlikon.madduck.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090221201015.GA4618@piper.oerlikon.madduck.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-kernel: by mx20.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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 21:08:27 -0000 On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 09:10:15PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Robert Millan [2009.02.21.2049 +0100]: > > 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? > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=370110 > > It was purely aesthetic for me. I would not oppose a change back for > the purpose of increasing clarity for others. I suppose > a configuration option might be possible, but even that could be > considered overkill by the person who has to implement it, and > I wouldn't blame him/her. :) > > Thanks for asking. No opposition from me. Okay thanks for the quick reply. If nobody has a better idea, I'll just set it to "recovery mode". -- 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."