From: Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>
To: buildroot@busybox.net
Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/2] packages/Config.in: Alphabetical entries sorting
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 11:58:01 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <526A40A9.3050800@mind.be> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAAXf6LU-7FuKBUeb+T8XdusNwma0B_Y6Vp8cbnCQk9oJ=An6PQ@mail.gmail.com>
On 25/10/13 10:48, Thomas De Schampheleire wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 10:32 AM, Maxime Hadjinlian
> <maxime.hadjinlian@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 8:22 AM, Thomas De Schampheleire
>
>>>>> By the way, I don't think that 'firmwares' is correct English, the
>>>>> '-ware' already is plural, so it should be 'Misc devices firmware' or
>>>>> maybe plain 'Firmware' (are there other firmware packages in buildroot
>>>>> that are not part of this menu?).
>>>> After a very quick search, it seems you are right about the 's' of firmware.
>>>> About the naming of the menu, we already are in Hardware menu, so
>>>> talking about "devices" may seem redundant, and the Misc is maybe too
>>>> cumbersome. Although, a simple "Firmware" would not be very friendly.
>>>> How about settling on "Firmware's Devices" ? Give or take the casing.
>>>
>>> Then this should be 'Device firmware'
>>> because "Firmware's Devices" means "The devices of firmware" which is
>>> not what you intend to say.
>>>
>>> I'm not convinced there exists firmware for something else than a
>>> device though. For me 'Firmware' or 'Device firmware' are both ok.
>> I just though "Firmware" to be a bit blunt, but I am not really good
>> at wordings as you may have seen so I am OK with whatever is wanted.
>
> I'm looking forward to the opinion of others. I am just one of the
> developers, like you.
Firmware blobs?
Regards,
Arnout
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Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-10-24 13:16 [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/2] packages/Config.in: Alphabetical entries sorting Maxime Hadjinlian
2013-10-24 13:16 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 2/2] packages/Config.in: Fix case on entries titles Maxime Hadjinlian
2013-10-24 13:26 ` Thomas De Schampheleire
2013-10-24 14:13 ` Maxime Hadjinlian
2013-10-24 13:36 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/2] packages/Config.in: Alphabetical entries sorting Thomas De Schampheleire
2013-10-24 14:11 ` Maxime Hadjinlian
2013-10-25 6:22 ` Thomas De Schampheleire
2013-10-25 8:32 ` Maxime Hadjinlian
2013-10-25 8:48 ` Thomas De Schampheleire
2013-10-25 9:58 ` Arnout Vandecappelle [this message]
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