Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] vl.c: Replace fprintf(stderr) with error_report()

[Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>]

On 10/27/15 20:25, Eduardo Habkost wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 08:30:38AM +0100, Andrew Jones wrote:
>> In addition to Markus' and Eric's comments, I think we should
>>
>> 1. make sure the first word's case is correct. Lowercase for phrases,
>>    uppercase for sentences and proper nouns.
> 
> I think I can understand this in the more obvious cases, but I don't
> know how I could convert the following instance:
> 
> [...]
>>>              case QEMU_OPTION_no_kvm_pit: {
>>> -                fprintf(stderr, "Warning: KVM PIT can no longer be disabled "
>>> -                                "separately.\n");
>>> +                error_report("Warning: KVM PIT can no longer be disabled "
>>> +                             "separately.");
>>
>> Could change this from a sentence into a phrase. Also, we need a consistent
>> 'warning' prefix. Should we make a error_report_warn variant?
> 
> Converting that sentence to a phrase is beyond my non-native english
> speaker skills. Do you have any suggestions? :)
> 

easy-peasy, "KVM PIT no longer disableable separately"!

/me hides ;)