On Thu, 28 Oct 2004, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > > > No. Two transitions were okay up-to now, and I see no reason why to introduce 3rd. > > > And btw, during suspend-to-disk it is "freeze, unfreeze, suspend". > > > > > > > - Stop > > > > - Start > > > > > > Would be confusing to network drivers (they use stop/start already for something else). > > > And besides it is very bad idea to try to change naming once again. > > > > I wasn't proposing a hard name change; only trying to get the terminology > > straight and consistent from a conceptual level. unfreeze isn't even a > > real word. :) > > Well, freeze/unfreeze worked well on IRC, and its also used in that > "pm summary"... Maybe it is not an english work, but people seem to > understand it. 'thaw' is the english opposite of 'freeze'. Note, though, that that terminology is currently used for processes during suspend. Pat
