Hi,
sajolida:
> Hi,
[...]
> Background
> ==========
[...]
> In this email, I'm proposing to follow this recommendation and to use
> Persistence, a single word with a capital P. See examples below.
Interesting!
[...]
> I feel a bit ridiculous doing all these changes and debates around a
> single word but I'm unsatisfied with continuously struggling with this
> inconsistent wording in my new work (and the work of translators) and I
> think that now is the right time to solve (and simplify) this once and
> for all.
Thanks for this email!
As "Persistence" meaning is diverging from the common meaning of
"persistence" to become the name of a major Tails feature, I think an
autonomous reader of the documentation would benefit from an easy access
to definition and scope of "Persistence" while reading documentation.
[...]
> Usage
> =====
>
> I went through our website and custom software to check how using
> "Persistence" would work in practice. I've also used it myself for some
> time in my emails and in Redmine.
>
> Below are some examples of usage taken from existing strings.
>
> I'll use these practical examples to finish discussing this with you and
> especially with Cody. I will then use them to finally write new entries
> about Persistence in our writing style guide.
I feel like there are too many different cases/subtlties so I tried
quite naively in the examples below to only use the word "Persistence"
almost everywhere. Feel free to discard this proposal if it is silly ;)
> the Persistence / your Persistence
> ----------------------------------
>
> To refer to the encrypted partition (when there is one).
>
> For example:
>
> - Enter your passphrase to unlock the Persistence.
- Enter your passphrase to unlock Persistence.
> - Upgrade your Tails USB stick and keep your Persistence.
- Upgrade your Tails USB stick (Persistence is kept)
> - This method might in rare occasions break the file system of your
> Persistence.
Here "the" is necessary, as in "the OS file system"
- This method might in rare occasions break the Persistence file system.
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> a Persistence
> -------------
>
> To refer to an non-existing or hypothetical encrypted volume.
>
> For example:
>
> - Create a Persistence (optional)
- Create Persistence
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> Persistence
> -----------
I would use only this formulation and not make a difference between the
feature and the object.
> the Persistence feature
> -----------------------
>
> To refer to the feature and it's useful to clarify that it's a feature.
>
> For example:
>
> - The simplest way to carry around the documents that you want to use
> with Tails encrypted is to use the Persistence feature.
- The simplest way to carry around the documents that you want to use
with Tails encrypted is to use Persistence.
> the $FEATURE persistence feature
> --------------------------------
>
> To refer to the different data that can be stored in the Persistence.
Could be simplified by using Persistence again.
> For example:
>
> - To store your GnuPG keys and configuration across separate working
> sessions, you can activate the GnuPG persistence feature.
- To store your GnuPG keys and configuration across separate working
sessions, you can activate GnuPG in Persistence.
> the Persistent folder
> ---------------------
>
> To refer to /home/amnesia/Persistent.
>
> For example:
>
> - Save the database as keepassx.kdbx in the Persistent folder.
- Save the database as keepassx.kdbx in the Persistence folder.
> persistent
> ----------
>
> To refer to the property of something that can be saved in
> Persistence.
> > For example:
>
> - Persistent Tor configuration
- Persistence Tor configuration
> - Only the data that is listed here can be made persistent.
- Only the data that is listed here can be kept in Persistence.
> - This option is useful if you want to make some specific files
> persistent.
- This option is useful if you want to keep some specific files
in Persistence.
Best,
