From: Joe Fegan Subject: RE: [PATCH] ext3: Fix typos in messages and comments (journalled -> journaled) Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 11:01:08 +0100 Message-ID: References: <12095679813226-git-send-email-jack@suse.cz> <12095679812375-git-send-email-jack@suse.cz> <12095679812452-git-send-email-jack@suse.cz> <1209567981639-git-send-email-jack@suse.cz> <20080430104330.66c44d4f.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20080430212711.168bdcc0@core> <1209592973.6113.23.camel@norville.austin.ibm.com> <20080501002018.2729adcc@core> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: Andrew Morton , Jan Kara , , To: Alan Cox , Dave Kleikamp Return-path: Received: from bay0-omc1-s34.bay0.hotmail.com ([65.54.246.106]:2414 "EHLO bay0-omc1-s34.bay0.hotmail.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751413AbYEAKHT convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 May 2008 06:07:19 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20080501002018.2729adcc@core> Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Then again, I would consider journalize to be the US version of journal= ise > Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 00:20:18 +0100 > From: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk > To: shaggy@linux.vnet.ibm.com > CC: akpm@linux-foundation.org; jack@suse.cz; linux-kernel@vger.kernel= =2Eorg; linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext3: Fix typos in messages and comments (journa= lled -> journaled) > >>> A search of the ACM literature finds "journalized", "journalled" an= d >>> "journaled" are all in use for this operation. >> >> I hate to get into these discussions, but I've used "journaled" a lo= t, >> so I feel I should chime in. > > I noticed and IBM cannot even agree internally 8) > > "Tivoli Storage Manager Journal Based Backup troubleshooting techniqu= es > and solutions to common problems seen with journalized backups and th= e > journal database. This is from a 2005_November_07 Support Technical > Exchange Web seminar presented by TSM Support staff" > > "IBM Journaled File System (JFS)" > > >> That would probably be more correct, but the use of "journal" as a v= erb >> has really gotten ingrained in file system developers brains. I >> personally haven't heard or used "journalized" and it would take som= e >> getting used to. > > Mandrake use Journalized File System in various press articles. Mac > people seem to like journalized too and google shows it used in vario= us > reviews and articles. > > I think I'm going to follow this up with the professional bodies and = see > if there is an opinion because either the computing world needs to ag= ree > on a proper English name, or they need to agree on a new one and talk= to > the dictionary people about it. > > > Alan > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4"= in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Spaces =96 your life, your Space. Click here to find out m= ore. http://get.live.com/spaces/overview-- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html