Pádraig Brady wrote: > On 01/03/2012 03:58 PM, Jim Meyering wrote: >> diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS > >> + df, with no non-option argument and recent enough kernel/tools, would >> + print a long UUID-including file system name, pushing second and >> subsequent >> + columns far to the right. Now, when that long name refers to a symlink, >> + df prints the usually-short referent instead. > > I would change this: > > s/would print a long UUID-including file system name/ > could print long UUID-including file system names/ > > I usually try to make the first line of the NEWS entry a summary, like: > > df avoids long UUID-including file system names, in the default listing. > On recent enough kernel/tools, these long names can be used, pushing second > and subsequent columns far to the right. Now, when a long name refers > to a symlink, and no file systems are specified, df prints the > usually-short referent instead.
Thanks. I prefer your wording, too. Will adjust.
