Henrique M Holschuh wrote: > [-policy added to CC: list] > > On Thu, 02 Nov 2000, Mark Rahner wrote: > > Henrique M Holschuh wrote: > > > maybe-restart means exectly that: restart only if currently running. > > > > I had been wondering about this. It's a shame this isn't called > > restart-if-running. > > Well, I am not the author of 'maybe-restart'. Someone mentioned that in some > report in the BTS and I went along with it, since I didn't have any better > ideas. > > However 'restart-if-running' is a tad too big IMHO. Maybe 'restart-running' > would be better?
I'm just a lurker (at this point) and I'm not out to make work for anyone so take my comments for what they're worth. In answer to your question, I'm a big fan of extreme clarity. I think the three extra characters are well worth it. 'restart-if-running' would provide complete comprehension at a glance to a novice human reader. The shorter 'restart-running' might raise questions about what happens if the process wasn't running already.
