[gentoo-dev] Re: Request of news item review: 2013-03-29-udev-predictable-network-interface-names.en.txt

[Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>]

Samuli Suominen posted on Fri, 29 Mar 2013 10:09:27 +0200 as excerpted:

> This feature will also replace the functionality of sys-apps/biosdevname
> which you should uninstall. However, you can still keep using
> sys-apps/biosdevname if you want.

I'd suggest...

This feature can optionally replace... can uninstall.

IOW...

s/will also/can optionally/

s/should/can/


It sounds less menacing than your suggested wording, making it clearer 
that it's an optional replacement and lessening the apparent conflict and 
possible confusion with the next sentence saying it can still be used if 
desired.

I'd say that's a particularly good idea given the sensitivity around the 
"all engulfing gray goo" that systemd has seemed to many to have become.
Given that upstream specifically designed this feature to cooperate with 
existing biosdevname installations, let's not unnecessarily poke that 
hornet's nest by implying otherwise, even if the next sentence /does/ 
basically say it's an optional change anyway.  =:^/

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