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

Adam Blank
2026-04-04T17:06:58Z

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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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