Bug#242546: libc6-i686: Package description: unclear about 2.6 requirements
On Tue, Apr 13, 2004 at 12:08:21AM +0900, GOTO Masanori wrote:
> At Wed, 7 Apr 2004 12:29:05 +0200,
> Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote:
> > The package description says:
> > | This package includes support for NPTL. The optimized libraries will
> > | not be used unless you are using a 2.6 kernel.
> >
> > It is unclear (at least to me, so probably also to others) whether this
> > means that:
> >
> > - optimized NPTL functions will only be used with 2.6 kernels, the rest
> > will work with either 2.4 or 2.6
> >
> > or,
> >
> > - this whole package, libc6-i686, will only be used with 2.6 kernels
> >
> > The two sentences are on the same paragraph (suggesting they are
> > related), but this is not clear from the wording...
>
> OK, I modified as follows:
>
> This set of libraries is optimized for i686 machines, and will only be
> used if you have an i686 class CPU (check the output of `uname -m'). This
> includes Pentium Pro, Pentium II/III/IV, Celeron CPU's and similar class
> CPU's (including clones such as AMD Athlon/Opteron, VIA C3 Nehemiah,
> but not VIA C3 Ezla). Plus this optimized libraries will not be used
> unless you are using a 2.6 kernel.
> .
> This package includes support for NPTL.
I'm not a native English speaker, but: you use a double negation now,
which is IMHO a bit harder to read than:
This set of libraries is optimized for i686 machines, and will only be
used if you are running a 2.6 kernel on an i686 class CPU (check the
...)
This moves the 2.6 requirement more to the front (-> beginning of first
sentence), and IMHO rightfully so, because it's an important fact
(especially since in Sarge 2.4 and not 2.6 is default).
The enumeration about processor types is then the rest of that
paragraph, people skipping the enumeration to the next paragraph won't
miss important information.
Regards,
--Jeroen
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Jeroen van Wolffelaar
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