Opened at 2014-09-22T19:38:10Z
Last modified at 2024-08-27T16:10:24Z
#2301 assigned defect
The term "filesystem" is too overloaded.
Reported by: | Zancas | Owned by: | blaisep |
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Priority: | minor | Milestone: | undecided |
Component: | documentation | Version: | 1.10.0 |
Keywords: | docs names naming | Cc: | |
Launchpad Bug: |
Description (last modified by daira)
When we describe the application as a filesystem, people anticipate it to have properties it does not (e.g. POSIX compliance), if I understand properly.
Since the application will never have those properties, it should be described as something other than a filesystem.
Here's a snippet warner and I chatting in IRC:
<zancas> Would it be useful to replace the term "filesystem" with something else in this (and other docs)? <zancas> If yes, is there an agreed upon replacement? [13:32] <warner> hm, good question [13:34] <warner> I suppose "storage system" is slightly less misleading
I'll change the word "filesystem" to "data store" "storage system" in the commit I'm making. Even if this doesn't pass review it'll draw welcome attention to the issue.
Change History (7)
comment:1 Changed at 2014-09-22T19:39:14Z by Zancas
comment:2 Changed at 2014-09-22T19:53:35Z by Zancas
OK, here's a commit that does so:
comment:3 Changed at 2014-09-23T21:57:47Z by daira
+1, but please also change docs/architecture.rst, docs/frontends/CLI.rst, and docs/specifications/dirnodes.rst.
comment:4 Changed at 2014-09-23T21:58:00Z by daira
- Keywords docs added; name removed
comment:5 Changed at 2014-09-23T21:58:19Z by daira
- Owner changed from marlowe to Zancas
comment:6 Changed at 2014-09-23T21:59:04Z by daira
- Description modified (diff)
comment:7 Changed at 2024-08-27T16:10:24Z by blaisep
- Owner changed from Zancas to blaisep
- Status changed from new to assigned
Hmmpphh... oopps... I meant "filesystem" to "storage system".