Bug#218884: s390-dasd: Debconf templates polishing + jargon removal
Package: s390-dasd
Severity: normal
Tags: patch d-i
See recent BR about debconf templates polishing.
The DASD templates seem to use a lot of jargon. Mostly "DASD" for "disk".
As wrote Blars Larson in -boot :
DASD is mainframe IBMese for Disk. (Direct access storage device)
Most english speakers won't know what it is either. It would probably
reduce confusion to replace DASD with disk, since I think even IBM
mainfraimers would understand that. (Non-disk DASD devices exist, but
are relitivly rare.)
I suggest reworking the templates for having them more user-friendly....to
the 0.000001% of users installing Debian on IBM mainframes.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux mykerinos 2.4.22 #2 Mon Sep 29 15:12:10 CEST 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (ignored: LC_ALL set to fr_FR.UTF-8)
--- s390-dasd.templates.ori 2003-11-03 07:36:55.000000000 +0100
+++ s390-dasd.templates 2003-11-03 07:36:45.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,46 +1,43 @@
Template: debian-install/s390/dasd/choose_select
Type: select
_Choices: ${choices} Quit
-_Description: Following DASD are available
- Following DASD are available. Please select.
+_Description: Available disks:
+ The following DASD (Disk Access Storage Device) are available.
+ Please choose one of them.
Template: debian-install/s390/dasd/choose
Type: string
-_Description: Please specify DASD
- Please specify DASD. You have to specify the complete device number,
+_Description: Choose disk:
+ Please choose a disk. You have to specify the complete device number,
including leading zeros.
Template: debian-install/s390/dasd/choose_invalid
-Type: note
-_Description: Invalid DASD
- Invalid DASD.
+Type: error
+_Description: Invalid disk
+ An invalid device number has been chosen.
Template: debian-installer/s390/dasd/common/error
-Type: note
-_Description: An error occured and I cannot continue.
- Feel free to retry.
+Type: error
+_Description: Error: impossible to continue
+ An undefined error occurred. You may try to continue.
Template: debian-install/s390/dasd/format
Type: boolean
_Description: Format the disk?
- Device ${device} seems to be a fresh disk not yet prepared for Linux. If
- it is, you must format the disk before you can create partitions.
- .
- Format the disk?
+ The device ${device} seems to be a fresh disk not yet prepared for Linux.
+ Such disk should be formatted before you can create partitions.
Template: debian-install/s390/dasd/format_unclean
Type: boolean
_Description: Format the disk?
- Device ${device} seems to be an already low-level formatted disk. If the
- disk has not been used for Linux 2.4 before it is recommended to format it
- now.
+ The device ${device} seems to be an already low-level formatted disk. If the
+ disk has not been used for Linux 2.4 before, formatting it now is
+ recommended.
.
WARNING: All data on this disk will be IRREVERSIBLY LOST!
- .
- Format the disk?
Template: debian-installer/s390-dasd/title
Type: text
# Main menu item
-_Description: DASD Configuration
+_Description: S390 disk configuration
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