Re: linux-2.6 wording
Quoting Justin B Rye (jbr@xibalba.demon.co.uk):
> Christian PERRIER wrote:
> > Quoting Ben Finney (ben+debian@benfinney.id.au):
> >> You are running kernel version ${running}, and the current action
> >> requires removing the same version.
> >
> > This seems much better, yes (and, yes, you got most of my point).
> >
> > My only minor concern is "You are running kernel..." which I'd be
> > incline to reword as "This machine is running kernel...". The
> > rationale being that *I* am not running anything indeed (at least not
> > kernels..:-)) and the machine is maybe not "mine". That is anyway much
> > less important than the original issue, though.
>
> I was thinking it might be more direct this way round:
>
> This action requires removing the version of the kernel which is
> currently running (version ${running}).
I'm afraid this doesn't fit the current template:
Template: =ST-image-=V/prerm/removing-running-kernel-=V
Type: boolean
Default: true
_Description: Abort kernel removal?
You are running a kernel (version ${running}) and attempting to remove
the same version.
.
This can make the system unbootable as it will remove
/boot/vmlinuz-${running} and all modules under the directory
/lib/modules/${running}. This can only be fixed with a copy of the
kernel image and the corresponding modules.
.
It is highly recommended to abort the kernel removal unless you are
prepared to fix the system after removal.
The paragraph we're talking about is the first paragraph. So it's used
as a kind of "introduction" and we can't say "This action".....
Which brings me back to my original idea, based on Ben's proposal:
_Description: Abort kernel removal?
This machine is running kernel version ${running}, and the current
action requires removing the same version.
.
This can make the system unbootable as it will remove
/boot/vmlinuz-${running} and all modules under the directory
/lib/modules/${running}. This can only be fixed with a copy of the
kernel image and the corresponding modules.
.
It is highly recommended to abort the kernel removal unless you are
prepared to fix the system after removal.
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