From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1765347AbYD3X3a (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:29:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756234AbYD3X3V (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:29:21 -0400 Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:58938 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755198AbYD3X3U (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:29:20 -0400 Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 00:20:18 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: Dave Kleikamp Cc: Andrew Morton , Jan Kara , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext3: Fix typos in messages and comments (journalled -> journaled) Message-ID: <20080501002018.2729adcc@core> In-Reply-To: <1209592973.6113.23.camel@norville.austin.ibm.com> References: <12095679813226-git-send-email-jack@suse.cz> <12095679812375-git-send-email-jack@suse.cz> <12095679812452-git-send-email-jack@suse.cz> <1209567981639-git-send-email-jack@suse.cz> <20080430104330.66c44d4f.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20080430212711.168bdcc0@core> <1209592973.6113.23.camel@norville.austin.ibm.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.5; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Organization: Red Hat UK Cyf., Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, Y Deyrnas Gyfunol. Cofrestrwyd yng Nghymru a Lloegr o'r rhif cofrestru 3798903 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > A search of the ACM literature finds "journalized", "journalled" and > > "journaled" are all in use for this operation. > > I hate to get into these discussions, but I've used "journaled" a lot, > so I feel I should chime in. I noticed and IBM cannot even agree internally 8) "Tivoli Storage Manager Journal Based Backup troubleshooting techniques and solutions to common problems seen with journalized backups and the journal database. This is from a 2005_November_07 Support Technical Exchange Web seminar presented by TSM Support staff" "IBM Journaled File System (JFS)" > That would probably be more correct, but the use of "journal" as a verb > has really gotten ingrained in file system developers brains. I > personally haven't heard or used "journalized" and it would take some > getting used to. Mandrake use Journalized File System in various press articles. Mac people seem to like journalized too and google shows it used in various reviews and articles. I think I'm going to follow this up with the professional bodies and see if there is an opinion because either the computing world needs to agree on a proper English name, or they need to agree on a new one and talk to the dictionary people about it. Alan