Quoting Frans Pop (elendil@planet.nl): > IMO that's really ugly as it means users are twice asked to choose > something: first in the long description and then again in the short > description. The fact that we already have that ugliness in the language > selection template is no excuse to repeat it here (and it would be worse > here because the long description is shorter which makes the repetition > more obvious). Which is why we could use this opportunity to change it as well.... > > Christian also suggested changing the short description to just "Continent > or region:" to avoid the repetition, but as you can see that would make the > continent template completely inconsistent with the other templates. ...unless we change the other ones. > Lintian does print warnings about the localechooser templates for using > imperative form. Maybe we should remove "Choose a" from _all_ short > descriptions in localechooser, and adjust the long descriptions > accordingly. However, I feel that doing that at this point in the release > cycle would be a really bad idea. I fail to see why. The new strings *anyway* require our translators to update their translations to cope with the new continent screen. So, one more or one less is not that relevant. Indeed, this is something that I already delayed during the etch release cycle. > > So, my conclusion is that my proposed strings are, though maybe not perfect, > at least a whole lot better than Christian's suggestions and will do fine > for Lenny. > > I'm open to alternative suggestions, but they will at least have to show: > - exactly why it is that my string is so wrong; I already explained that I think that a non-verb sentence is imho inconsistent with the purpose of a long description which is to put a longer description of what we expect from users. One can see as a quite formalist way to design things but I assume being formal...:) > - offer a solution that does not involve ugly repetitions or introduce > additional work for translators. I think that the extra work suggested by a rewrite of the *other* templates is really something that is not a big problems for translators. ----- Language selection ------ Please choose the language used for the installation process. This language will be the default language for the final system. Language: ------ Country shortlists ------ Based on your language, you are probably located in one of these countries or regions. Country, territory or area: ------ Continent selection (new strings) ------ Please choose the continent or region in which the desired country is located. Continent or region: ------ Country selection (after selecting a continent) ------ Country, territory or area:
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