Re: [bitbake-devel] [docs] [PATCH 1/2] bitbake-setup: rename "abort" rebase conflict stragegy to "halt"

Alexander Kanavin
2026-04-04T17:13:38Z

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Equally, bitbake-setup will not abandon anything or anyone. That word has a
clear, negative connotation in all of its usages (unlike abort).

Alex

On Sat 4. Apr 2026 at 19.06, Adam Blank <adam.blank.g@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 4 Apr 2026 at 18:29, Alexander Kanavin <alex.kanavin@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Having read that, and the entry for ‘abandon’, there’s a clear difference
>> between them.
>>
>> Abandoning is uncontrolled, dangerous and ungraceful. Abortion is the
>> opposite, and does go back to a previous, ‘safe’ state in examples, if not
>> in definition itself.
>>
>>
> The trick with human languages is, that they are inherently subjective. It
> is not possible to analytically compare two ways in which a given word
> 'rings' to a human ear.
> The whole topic was not about the exact, dictionary defined meaning of the
> word 'abort', but rather about a human perception of it, and possibly
> undesired connotations it might invoke in some humans.
> I wanted to offer a helping hand, that all.
>
> Adam
>
>
>> Alex
>>
>> On Sat 4. Apr 2026 at 18.16, Alexander Kanavin via lists.yoctoproject.org
>> <alex.kanavin=gmail.com@lists.yoctoproject.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Please include a link to any citations. Because this is not what it says:
>>> https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abort
>>>
>>>
>>> Alex
>>>
>>> On Sat 4. Apr 2026 at 17.58, Adam Blank <adam.blank.g@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 4 Apr 2026, 17:34 Alexander Kanavin, <alex.kanavin@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> ‘Abandon’ doesn’t revert the state to how it was. It just leaves the
>>>>> mess as it is.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> After Merriam-Webster:
>>>>
>>>> Abort means to stop, cancel, or terminate a process, project, or
>>>> mission before its completion. It is often used to describe abandoning a
>>>> dangerous or flawed plan (e.g., "abort the mission") or ending a pregnancy
>>>> prematurely. It also refers to a technical stoppage in computing or
>>>> aerospace.
>>>>
>>>> Synonyms for Abort:
>>>> Terminate/Stop: Halt, end, cease, discontinue, break off.
>>>> Cancel/Abandon: Scrub, scrap, call off, abandon.
>>>>
>>>> 'Abort' carries no notion of reverting the mess either.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Alex
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat 4. Apr 2026 at 9.34, Adam Blank via lists.yoctoproject.org
>>>>> <adam.blank.g=gmail.com@lists.yoctoproject.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Personally I don't have any specific preference, but as a hint for
>>>>>> you guys: for a non-native English speaker (of a Slavic origin at least),
>>>>>> "abandon" would convey a practically identical sense to "abort" and would
>>>>>> be some sort of a compromise.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Adam
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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