Re: Request for English debconf template review
Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org> wrote:
> Quoting Steve Langasek (vorlon@debian.org):
> > I'm indifferent to the 'Beginning with' construction myself, but I am
> > strongly averse to beginning sentences with package names because these are
> > string literals and are therefore subject to conflicting capitalization
> > rules.
>
> Supported. In other reviews, we always try to avoid starting a
> sentence with a package name.
Not contested. I think it's obvious that you don't capitalise the
program name, but I can't find anything in the style guides to support
that view. I also can't invent another good phrasing.
Regards,
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