Bug#270225: Minor error in 'No partitionable media' dialog
Quoting Frans Pop (aragorn@tiscali.nl):
> Package: partman
> Version: 54
> Severity: minor
>
> 'No partitionable media was found.'
> should be
> 'No partitionable media were found.'
After a long debate on IRC:
Kamion bubulle: "no medium" is definitively singular.
Kamion bubulle: "no media" would take a plural verb.
bubulle svenl: doing and commiting the debconf-updatepo now (in the next 40-60 minutes) would be great as I have l10n-sync running...and this would give us a live example for checking if my script has conflict problems
bubulle Kamion: sure, I understand that media-->plural
svenl bubulle: what does that mean for me ?
bubulle The point is : is there some grammar rule which says that plural should be used in such case
Kamion no, there is not
Kamion "no medium were found" is definitely wrong
bubulle svenl: nothing. This may trigger some problem on my side, but my script should be robust to them
svenl bubulle: so, i can upload anytime i like, right ?
bubulle yes
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CIA-9 debian-installer: bubulle * r20942 packages/nobootloader/debian/po/templates.pot: [l10n] [l10n-sync] Run debconf-updatepo on /home/bubulle/src/debian/debian-installer/packages/nobootloader
iceman can I expect quik to fail install if I try it on the "second" not terminating scsi drive? Im doing a test install on a second drive just to see if it works, then Im gonna install on the first drive
bubulle So, "no media were found" or "no medium was found" are both correct. Choosing between both is a matter of perception
svenl Kamion: i need to create an extra powerpc floppy, is it ok to call it 'extra' like fjp or someone else suggested ? I will move the ndtcfg stuff to it ?
pb_ bubulle: correct.
iceman and quik did fail, now I'd like to know if that is due to my choice of drive, or if it is a bug
pb_ the former has a connotation that you were conducting a general survey of media, and discovered that none were present. the latter would imply that you looked for a single medium and failed to find it.
bubulle definitely prefers french were no such fuzzy things exist...:-)
bubulle kidding of course
Kamion pb_: the former is more accurate, in a way
Kamion we're looking for any available partitionable medium
pb_ true
Kamion svenl: I don't really have an opinion TBH
svenl Kamion: ok.
bubulle Kamion: yes, I agree. Partman looks for any medium. Let's go for "no media were"
Kamion svenl: if it's just an overflow from the root floppy
then maybe root2 or something :)
Let's go for "No partitionable media were found."
And defuzzification of translations.....
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