| Message ID | b651b956-eb9f-6d46-f878-f09bc6bdc460@crashcourse.ca |
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| State | New |
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| Series | dev-manual: Replace "On the contrary" lead-in to sentence | expand |
Hi Robert, On 6/22/25 5:09 PM, Robert P. J. Day via lists.yoctoproject.org wrote: > > "On the contrary" is entirely the wrong qualifier to us here, as it > typically introduces a *contradiction* to what has just been > expressed. That is not what is happening here. > Not a native speaker but my brain isn't too happy with the suggestion either (but that could be solely due the fact I'm not a native speaker :) ). Would "Alternatively" work here? But I agree "On the contrary" sounds wrong :) Cheers, Quentin
On Mon, 23 Jun 2025, Quentin Schulz wrote: > Hi Robert, > > On 6/22/25 5:09 PM, Robert P. J. Day via lists.yoctoproject.org wrote: > > > > "On the contrary" is entirely the wrong qualifier to us here, as it > > typically introduces a *contradiction* to what has just been > > expressed. That is not what is happening here. > > > > Not a native speaker but my brain isn't too happy with the suggestion either > (but that could be solely due the fact I'm not a native speaker :) ). > > Would "Alternatively" work here? > > But I agree "On the contrary" sounds wrong :) I was actually toying with "Alternatively". I think that, given the contrast, I think I will say, "By contrast, ...". rday
Hi Robert, On 6/23/25 5:22 PM, Robert P. J. Day via lists.yoctoproject.org wrote: > On Mon, 23 Jun 2025, Quentin Schulz wrote: > >> Hi Robert, >> >> On 6/22/25 5:09 PM, Robert P. J. Day via lists.yoctoproject.org wrote: >>> >>> "On the contrary" is entirely the wrong qualifier to us here, as it >>> typically introduces a *contradiction* to what has just been >>> expressed. That is not what is happening here. >>> >> >> Not a native speaker but my brain isn't too happy with the suggestion either >> (but that could be solely due the fact I'm not a native speaker :) ). >> >> Would "Alternatively" work here? >> >> But I agree "On the contrary" sounds wrong :) > > I was actually toying with "Alternatively". I think that, given the > contrast, I think I will say, "By contrast, ...". > Sounds good to me. Wordreference gives me an alternative to "by contrast" which is "on the other hand" :D Cheers, Quentin
diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/init-manager.rst b/documentation/dev-manual/init-manager.rst index ddce82b81..da1cdacd1 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/init-manager.rst +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/init-manager.rst @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ therefore increasing the total system boot time. systemd also substantially increases system size because of its multiple components and the extra dependencies it pulls. -On the contrary, BusyBox init is the simplest and the lightest solution and +On the other hand, BusyBox init is the simplest and the lightest solution and also comes with BusyBox mdev as device manager, a lighter replacement to :wikipedia:`udev <Udev>`, which SysVinit and systemd both use.
"On the contrary" is entirely the wrong qualifier to us here, as it typically introduces a *contradiction* to what has just been expressed. That is not what is happening here. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> ---