From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:45212 "EHLO plane.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964832AbcCOXT2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Mar 2016 19:19:28 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1afyFJ-0006jM-SG for linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org; Wed, 16 Mar 2016 00:19:26 +0100 Received: from ip98-167-165-199.ph.ph.cox.net ([98.167.165.199]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 16 Mar 2016 00:19:25 +0100 Received: from 1i5t5.duncan by ip98-167-165-199.ph.ph.cox.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 16 Mar 2016 00:19:25 +0100 To: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org From: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 01/20] btrfs: dedup: Introduce dedup framework and its header Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 23:19:20 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <1455774178-3595-1-git-send-email-quwenruo@cn.fujitsu.com> <1455774178-3595-2-git-send-email-quwenruo@cn.fujitsu.com> <87io0vjq9x.fsf@notabene.neil.brown.name> <56E0C668.4020406@cn.fujitsu.com> <20160311114305.GQ18908@twin.jikos.cz> <56E3D070.3020005@gmx.com> <56E4F7AB.4010608@cn.fujitsu.com> <87egbeipdp.fsf@notabene.neil.brown.name> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-btrfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Nicholas D Steeves posted on Tue, 15 Mar 2016 18:08:41 -0400 as excerpted: > I'm not sure to what degree the following is a relevant concern, and I'm > guessing it's not, other than for laughs, but to me "dedupe" reads as > "de-dupe" or "undupe". While it functions as the inverse of the verb > "to dupe", I don't think one can "be unduped" or "be unfooled". What is > that old aphorism? "Once duped twice shy"? ;-) That's the obvious association, yes, and the negative connotations of dupe are surely why I have such a personal negative reaction to dedupe. But precedent and current usage being what they are... -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman