From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161229AbWF0Rzb (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Jun 2006 13:55:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161232AbWF0Rzb (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Jun 2006 13:55:31 -0400 Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:46600 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1161229AbWF0Rza (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Jun 2006 13:55:30 -0400 Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 19:55:29 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: "Randy.Dunlap" Cc: wfg@mail.ustc.edu.cn, akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.17-mm3: no help text for READAHEAD_ALLOW_OVERHEADS Message-ID: <20060627175529.GC13915@stusta.de> References: <20060627015211.ce480da6.akpm@osdl.org> <20060627091429.GK23314@stusta.de> <20060627134337.GA6117@mail.ustc.edu.cn> <20060627144019.GA13915@stusta.de> <20060627104649.25832e61.rdunlap@xenotime.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060627104649.25832e61.rdunlap@xenotime.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060403 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 10:46:49AM -0700, Randy.Dunlap wrote: > On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:40:19 +0200 Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 09:43:37PM +0800, Wu Fengguang wrote: ... > > > > Additionally, the "default n" is pointless and should be removed. > > > > > > I expect the _extra_ features are useless for normal users. > > > Your reasoning or feeling? > > >... > > > > That's not my point, my point is that if you remove the "default n" > > line, nothing changes. The default is still "n", but it's better > > readable. > > Why is it more readable without the "default n" line? > One could say that supplying the default "default n" line is clearer > than having it omitted. The majority of options defaults to "n". It's easier to spot a non-"n" default if this means an additional line instead of only one changed letter. > ~Randy cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed