On April 7, 2016 10:40:24 PM GMT+02:00, Jason McIntyre <j...@kerhand.co.uk> wrote: >On Thu, Apr 07, 2016 at 10:13:02PM +0200, Ingo Schwarze wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Jason McIntyre wrote on Thu, Apr 07, 2016 at 08:35:52PM +0100: >> > On Thu, Apr 07, 2016 at 03:15:01PM -0400, Rob Pierce wrote: >> >> >> Change "super user" to "superuser". >> >> > hmm. you have the weight of the man pages behind you, since they >> > overwhelmingly use "superuser". >> >> In that case, ... >> >> > the trouble is, i don;t think "super >> > user" is wrong, and i'm reluctant to do this... >> > >> > i've made changes like this before, when we have a real majority of >> > spelling leading one way. but they always creep back in. i think we >> > should just accept that we can spell things more than one way >sometimes. >> > >> > but then grep ;( >> > >> > jmc, indecisive... >> >> ... just commit it, in particular when the work was already done. >> >> Sure, it's not a big deal either way, and it doesn't do much harm >> if a few spelling variants creep back in, no need to waste a lot >> of time paying attention that they don't, but if we can improve >> consistency almost for free, why not? >> >> It can also help developers who look for spelling help in existing >> pages if they find consistent usage. That tends to reduce the time >> spent trying to figure out whether there is a preferred form. On >> the other hand, consistency doesn't slow down people who don't care >> as long as we don't yell at them. >> >> Yours, >> Ingo >> > >hi. > >as far as i'm concerned, "super user" is not wrong. that's the rub. we >have lots of alternate spellings in english, and i don;t see the point >of trying to enforce one or the other. if they were spelled differently >within the same page, then yes, fair enough.
I can't help comparing "superman" to "super man". It's a role or name which we seem to prefer - "the superuser" - rather than a great person with a login - "a super user". I'm sure the English language is flexible or ambiguous enough to prove me wrong, but that's my 2 cents anyway. /Alexander > >for me, there's not a clear enough benefit to make the change. and i >don;t like to somehow enforce spelling in a particular way. > >jmc > >> >> > > Index: src/share/man/man4/pty.4 >> > > >=================================================================== >> > > RCS file: /cvs/src/share/man/man4/pty.4,v >> > > retrieving revision 1.21 >> > > diff -u -p -r1.21 pty.4 >> > > --- src/share/man/man4/pty.4 21 Nov 2015 08:04:20 -0000 1.21 >> > > +++ src/share/man/man4/pty.4 7 Apr 2016 19:12:07 -0000 >> > > @@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ device nodes following the naming conven >> > > .Ox . >> > > Since >> > > .Pa ptm >> > > -impersonates the super user for some operations it needs to >perform >> > > +impersonates the superuser for some operations it needs to >perform >> > > to complete the allocation of a pseudo terminal, the >> > > .Pa /dev >> > > -directory must also be writeable by the super user. >> > > +directory must also be writeable by the superuser. >> > > >> > > Index: src/share/man/man5/login.conf.5 >> > > >=================================================================== >> > > RCS file: /cvs/src/share/man/man5/login.conf.5,v >> > > retrieving revision 1.62 >> > > diff -u -p -r1.62 login.conf.5 >> > > --- src/share/man/man5/login.conf.5 30 Mar 2016 06:58:06 >-0000 1.62 >> > > +++ src/share/man/man5/login.conf.5 7 Apr 2016 19:12:07 -0000 >> > > @@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ to indicate if the user is in group whee >> > > Some authentication types require the user to be in group wheel >when using >> > > the >> > > .Xr su 1 >> > > -program to become super user. >> > > +program to become superuser. >> > > .El >> > > .Pp >> > > When the authentication program is executed, >> > > >> > > Index: src/usr.sbin/cron/crontab.1 >> > > >=================================================================== >> > > RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.sbin/cron/crontab.1,v >> > > retrieving revision 1.33 >> > > diff -u -p -r1.33 crontab.1 >> > > --- src/usr.sbin/cron/crontab.1 26 Oct 2015 15:50:06 -0000 1.33 >> > > +++ src/usr.sbin/cron/crontab.1 7 Apr 2016 19:12:07 -0000 >> > > @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ be listed in the >> > > .Pa /var/cron/cron.deny >> > > file in order to use >> > > .Nm . >> > > -If neither of these files exists then only the super user >> > > +If neither of these files exists then only the superuser >> > > will be allowed to use >> > > .Nm . >> > > .Em NOTE :
