Bryan Evenson <[email protected]> writes:

>> >> > For BB_DISKMON_DIRS, the actions "ABORT, STOPTASKS and WARN"
>> >> > would become "HALT, NO_NEW_TASKS and "WARN".
>> >>
>> >> I am not an native english speaker, but for "HALT" I will have to
>> >> think twice whether it will pause the operation or abort it.  I would
>> >> stay at "ABORT" because it makes much more clear what happens.
>
> Would CANCEL be clearer to you than HALT?

mmmh.... for me as a developer (and non-native english speaker), "cancel"
means some ordered ending of an operation.

But the condition above causes an emergency abort.

I do not know how this can be described without using "abort" or some
extensively long terms.


>> >> > BB_HASHCONFIG_WHITELIST -> BB_HASHCONFIG_IGNORE_VARS
>> >> > BB_SETSCENE_ENFORCE_WHITELIST -> BB_SETSCENE_ENFORCE_IGNORE_TASKS
>> >> > BB_HASHBASE_WHITELIST -> BB_BASEHASH_IGNORE_VARS
>> >> > MULTI_PROVIDER_WHITELIST -> BB_MULTI_PROVIDER_ALLOWED
>> >>
>> >> The new variable names sound like boolean flags, not like lists.
>
> Would BB_HASHCONFIG_IGNORELIST or BB_HASHCONFIG_ALLOWEDLIST make more
> sense to you?

yes; it is much better.  But should it be an "IGNORELIST" or an
"IGNORE*D*LIST"?



Enrico
[who is irritated how people and especially developer can waste their
(and other developers) time in trying to change something which was
completely fine before]
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