Re: [PATCH 00/14] Enhanced df - followup

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Holger Hoffstätte posted on Tue, 29 Apr 2014 17:33:09 +0000 as excerpted:

>> On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 05:10:31PM +0000, Duncan wrote:
>>> David Sterba posted on Tue, 29 Apr 2014 17:56:47 +0200 as excerpted:
>>> 
>>> > Changes:
>>> > * btrfs filesystem disk_usage - renamed to usage
>>> 
>>> [On the CLI, "usage" is often used to print a briefer "help",
>>> and thus shouldn't be used for an actual command.]
> 
> I think the point was to have the same term for both filesystem and
> device categories, which IMHO makes a lot of sense and is less to
> remember. Categorical polymorphism: it's a good thing. :)

Good idea to use the same term.

Bad idea (IMO) to make that term "usage", by itself.

=:^)

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