Re: [webkit-dev] Terminology: Could we change 'roll out' to 'roll back'?

2020-03-06 Thread Alexey Proskuryakov
> 6 марта 2020 г., в 18:29, Ryosuke Niwa написал(а): > > On Fri, Mar 6, 2020 at 6:15 PM Kirsling, Ross wrote: >> >> Late on Friday seems like a good time for a terminological debate (), so I’d >> like to propose we revisit one of the strangest items of WebKit-specific >> terminology: the

Re: [webkit-dev] Terminology: Could we change 'roll out' to 'roll back'?

2020-03-06 Thread Konstantin Tokarev
07.03.2020, 05:41, "Kirsling, Ross" : > I'd be thrilled for us to use 'revert'. > Somehow I'd convinced myself that it'd be easier to ask for this if we kept > the 'roll' part, but I'm not really sure why I thought so. On the negative side, it won't be possible anymore to say that someone is

Re: [webkit-dev] Terminology: Could we change 'roll out' to 'roll back'?

2020-03-06 Thread Maciej Stachowiak
I agree this usage of “roll out” is potentially confusing. I think people say “roll out” for the symmetry to “check in”. It also creates the convenient term “roll back in” for when a rollout is undone. Personally, I think we should say “revert” and avoid use of roll-phrases entirely.

Re: [webkit-dev] Terminology: Could we change 'roll out' to 'roll back'?

2020-03-06 Thread Kirsling, Ross
I'd be thrilled for us to use 'revert'. Somehow I'd convinced myself that it'd be easier to ask for this if we kept the 'roll' part, but I'm not really sure why I thought so. Of course, it's fine for folks to continue to _say_ 'roll out' due to habit; I just think it would be great if our

Re: [webkit-dev] Terminology: Could we change 'roll out' to 'roll back'?

2020-03-06 Thread Ryosuke Niwa
On Fri, Mar 6, 2020 at 6:15 PM Kirsling, Ross wrote: > > Late on Friday seems like a good time for a terminological debate (), so I’d > like to propose we revisit one of the strangest items of WebKit-specific > terminology: the phrase ‘roll out’. > > In our industry, the typical meaning of the

[webkit-dev] Terminology: Could we change 'roll out' to 'roll back'?

2020-03-06 Thread Kirsling, Ross
Greetings WebKittens, Late on Friday seems like a good time for a terminological debate (), so I’d like to propose we revisit one of the strangest items of WebKit-specific terminology: the phrase ‘roll out’. In our industry, the typical meaning of the phrase ‘roll out’ is, of course,