(Trivial) Startup Message Awkwardness

[Jamie Jackson]

Warning: Opinions Follow! :)

I wouldn't bring this up if the message were anywhere else but I find myself staring at the Jenkins startup screen more than I would like. It is also probably the first thing any new Jenkins user sees.

Currently, the message reads:

Please wait while Jenkins is getting ready to work

It's hard to explain why, but from my perspective as a native (American) English speaker, that strikes me as incorrect at worst, or slightly awkward at best. The word, "while," makes the present-continuous form, "is getting," seem strange.

This works better (present-simple form):

Please wait while Jenkins gets ready to work

The following may be even better (albeit only slightly) than the above, since it's less redundant. (Note: I care less about this change.)

Please wait while Jenkins gets ready

I'm interested to know what others think.

Thanks,

Jamie

[Richard Bywater]

From my native (New Zealand) English speaking perspective the way its worded currently seems to sound right and the alternate (gets) version seems not quite right - the wonders of English :)

Personally, using https://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-english-verb-get.html and https://www.englishgrammar.org/simple-present-present-continuous-tense-differences/ as a reference, I think that "is getting" is probably the more correct term for its current use.

Having said that though, I'm not overly fussed with which is being used :)

Richard.

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[Jeff Thompson]

As another native English speaker (USA) I do find the phrasing a little odd. But I don't find that the proposals make much improvement. The phrase "getting ready to work" is kind of awkward and probably wordier than necessary.

Maybe there's a way to re-think it, turn it around or something. Maybe something as simple as "Jenkins is starting". I'm not sure that the "Please wait while" really provides value. Other possible word choices instead of "starting" include "loading" and "launching" but I think "starting" is simplest and works best.

Jeff Thompson

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