From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
To: Ben Gamari <ben@smart-cactus.org>
Cc: netfilter@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Minor language issues in documentation
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 10:54:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140917085406.GA5213@salvia> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87vbon33nr.fsf@gmail.com>
On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 12:56:24PM -0400, Ben Gamari wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> While browsing the nftables documentation I noticed that the word
> "performance" is often misused in a variety of ways. For instance,
> on the main page[1],
>
> Fast lookups through performance data structures: The new syntax
> allows you to arrange you rule-set in a very performance way
> contrary to purely linear-list based filtering policies.
>
> The use in the first sentence might be acceptable as a colloquialism but
> really could be improved by replacing "performance" with "high
> performance".
>
> The second sentence is a bit more serious as it uses "performance", a
> noun, as an adjective. You might consider replacing this with
> "performance-oriented" or a similar rewrite. I've found this same
> mix-up in a few other places as well[2].
>
> I also noticed a couple other small issues,
>
> * [3] misspells "hybrid"
> * The "Basic operational" section of the documentation ToC would be
> named "Basic operation"
>
> Otherwise thanks for the great packet mangling framework and thorough
> documentation!
I have fixed what you indicated in the nftables wiki. Thanks.
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