Bug#919507: Reboot required patch for Debian policy
On Sat, 09 Feb 2019 17:59:18 -0700
Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> wrote:
> >> The ``/run/reboot-required`` mechanism is used when a reboot is
> >> needed to fully apply the changes introduced by a package
> >> installation or upgrade. Typically it is the ``postinst``
> >> maintainer script that touches ``/run/reboot-required``, at the
> >> end of a successful configuration of the package.
> >
> > I used your text, removing an "a".
>
> Hmm, may I ask whether you are a native speaker of English? I am, and
> it reads better with the 'a', to me. But don't worry, you do not need
> to prepare a new diff, as I can fix that when committing.
Yup. I'm a native English speaker.
You made me curious. I guess it depends on whether the
noun-ification (gerund -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerund)
of the verb "reboot" is "reboot" or "rebooting".
Without an "a" in the above: ...used when rebooting is
needed...
Since reboot is only recently a word, and English is whack,
who knows what's right. I suppose I think "reboot" is both a
noun and a verb because "boot" is both a noun and a verb.
(Boot him out. I gave him the boot. In the latter both
senses work.)
Anyway, do whatever you think best.
Regards,
Karl <kop@meme.com>
Free Software: "You don't pay back, you pay forward."
-- Robert A. Heinlein
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