The recent 'journal not found' text change patch in crew

[Dirkjan Ochtman]

On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 11:53, Sune Foldager <cryo at cyanite.org> wrote:
> patch. Here is my take on the various naming options that have been
> suggested; some or all of this has been previously posted in replies and/or
> discussed on IRC:
>
> * journal already exists: the previous text; too much internal
> implementation detail
>
> * partially aborted transaction found: my first suggestion; quite accurate,
> as Mercurial always tries to abort before quitting, but also a bit long
>
> * open transaction found: not bad, but sounds a bit too positive IMHO
>
> * aborted transaction found: risk confusion with an aborted transaction,
> which is not, at the time of this message, an error situation
>
> * abandoned transaction found: emphasizes that the state is abnormal
>
> * interrupted transaction found: also good

Thanks for the summary! You missed "unfinished", though. ;)

Actually I think "partially aborted" is a nice suggestion, as well, as
it's accurate and not really that long.

Cheers,

Dirkjan