Re: [Monotone-devel] changelog editor issues

[Hendrik Boom]

On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 02:10:25AM +0100, Francis Russell wrote:
> Stephen Leake wrote:
> >>
> >> "Certificate values may be modified"
> > 
> > Actually, I don't think "certificate" is a common term for this; I'd
> > prefer:
> > 
> > -- Fields below may be modified --
> 
> >From the parsing perspective, field does make more sense. However, in
> the end, all the fields do become certificates which is a crucial part
> of the monotone model and what monotone calls them. Anyone using
> monotone is eventually going to have to understand certificates.
> Regardless of what the help text calls them, I think their purpose is
> obvious.

I don't care (at the moment) whether it's fields or certificates, but I 
think it should be clear whether the user or the system will be 
modifying fields.  Perhaps

-- You may modify the fields below --

-- hendrik