netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/1] netfilter: xt_condition: add condition target

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Date:	Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:14:04 +0300
From:	Luciano Coelho <luciano.coelho@...ia.com>
To:	ext Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de>
Cc:	"netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org" <netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"kaber@...sh.net" <kaber@...sh.net>,
	"sameo@...ux.intel.com" <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
	"Ylalehto Janne (Nokia-MS/Tampere)" <janne.ylalehto@...ia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/1] netfilter: xt_condition: add condition target

On Thu, 2010-08-12 at 12:10 +0200, ext Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> On Thursday 2010-08-12 08:37, Luciano Coelho wrote:
> >
> >One thing that came to my mind was whether it would make sense to
> >rename this match/target combo to "variable" instead of "condition".
> >To me it makes more sense to call it variable than condition, since
> >I have changed the value from boolean to u32. On the other hand, it
> >could become very confusing because it used to be called condition
> >in its xtables-addons days...
> 
> To improve matters, POSIX has something called "condition variables".
> So oh well let's just leave it as-is :)

:D

Okay, let's keep it like this, I guess it would just complicate things
more if we change it.

-- 
Cheers,
Luca.

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