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| author | David Zeuthen <davidz@redhat.com> | 2009-03-27 14:04:24 -0400 |
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| committer | David Zeuthen <davidz@redhat.com> | 2009-03-27 14:04:24 -0400 |
| commit | 151f0f353577494f37e9753183f1335712dfd903 (patch) | |
| tree | d425ed4bd048e67e7beec7ceff9716a178decb79 /HACKING | |
| parent | accb18717353ac32ea1e4e8cce279b59d021a1ea (diff) | |
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rework terminology for filesystem labels / partition labels
This is another iteration of this bug
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=576929#c6
Diffstat (limited to 'HACKING')
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -64,8 +64,15 @@ different terminology is used. In Palimpsest the following terminology is used - Partition/Partition Table - - - File system/Label/UUID + - Avoid using terms that are used for other concepts; e.g. + use "Partition Label" instead of "Label" + + - Filesystem + - Use the spelling "Filesystem" + - http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/filesystem + - Use the word "Label" when referring to a filesystem label + - Generally refer to a filesystem by it's label + - Don't show/reference the UUID (might be shown in a "Details" dialog) - Disk: Only to be used when referring to the entirety of a device; e.g. avoid using it for individual things |