Alessandro Ghedini wrote:
>>> resources on the running processes. It uses dynamic cgroups to give the
>>> kernel hints and limitations on processes.
>>
>> This is just subtly awkward. Does it mean "to give it hints, and to
>> give it limitations on processes" or "to give it hints-and-limitations
>> on processes"?
>
> I don't see the difference.
Unclear scope. Possible interpretations include:
It uses dynamic cgroups to give the kernel
* hints on processes;
* limitations on processes.
It uses dynamic cgroups to give
* the kernel hints;
* the limitations on processes.
It uses
* dynamic cgroups to give the kernel hints;
* limitations on processes.
The general idea is clear enough if you already know roughly what it's
trying to say, but that's exactly the sort of basic context that
people will be reading this package description to get, so some
slightly less ambiguous syntax would be helpful.
>> And either way, what exactly does it mean to give something limitations on
>> processes?
>
> "limitations on processes' resources consumption".
And giving the kernel these resource limits means asking it to enforce
them; it's intelligible, but not the best way of getting it across.
>> (I'm not sure what distinction it is trying to make between rules and
>> code, but never mind that for now.)
>
> It means that the scheduler itself is written in Lua and you can either write
> rules for the default one, modify its code or write a new one altogether.
Oh, yes, I'd missed the way "rules" and "scheduler" are both under
/etc/ulatencyd/. Fair enough!
>>> This package provides a command-line/qt4 client for the ulatencyd daemon.
>>
>> Canonical capitalisation: s/qt4/Qt4/. But it's not one switchable
>> CLI/GUI client, it's one of each:
>
> No, it is a *single* client, that provides two different interfaces.
I'd also missed the fact that ulatency-gui is a symlink to ulatency.
> Anyway, I've applied a slightly modifed version of your patch (see [0]). Let
> me
> know if you find other problems.
>
> Cheers
>
> [0]
> http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=collab-maint/ulatencyd.git;a=commitdiff;h=81ffa1432
Looks good to me, and thanks for the rapid response!
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