[bug#29932] [PATCH v2 2/2] system: Rename operating-system-user-kernel-arguments to operating-system-kernel-arguments.

[Danny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org>]

Hi Ludo,

> I’m a bit lost: in my tree I don’t have
> ‘operating-system-boot-kernel-arguments’.  Is it still pending?

It's added by PATCH v2 1/2 from the series.  Didn't the second mail get through?

> Otherwise my only question is whether it’s a good idea to move away from
> the ‘user-’ convention.  On one hand, it’s the convention we also have
> for services (‘-user-services’ vs. ‘-services’), so it would be a good
> thing to remain consistent.  OTOH, what you propose is maybe clearer.
> 
> Thoughts?

Yeah, I've split it into two patches because I actually got used to operating-system-user-kernel-arguments by now (only a few days in).  We could only apply PATCH v2 1/2 and not apply PATCH v2 2/2 if we wanted.

In the end it comes down to whether we deem the existence operating-system-boot-kernel-arguments an implementation detail or not (whether the user would ever need to be aware of operating-system-boot-kernel-arguments).  We have to export operating-system-boot-kernel-arguments because one thing in gnu/system/vm.scm needs it - otherwise it would be very much an implementation detail.

Let's see what the others say.