Bug#220030: prebaseconfig: Debconf templates polishing
On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 07:35:12PM +0100, Christian Perrier wrote:
> Package: prebaseconfig
> Severity: normal
>
> Well, this one is maybe more important than others....At least, ALL users of
> d-i will see it....
>
> So, please, native English speakers, check my suggestions...
>
> Detailed rationale:
>
> Template: prebaseconfig/reboot_in_progress
> Type: note
> -_Description: The machine will now reboot.
> - When you reboot the system, you'll need to make sure you are booting
> +_Description: System reboot
> + The system will now reboot.
> + .
> + Before this reboot occurs, you'll need to make sure you are booting
> from the right media.
> .
> - If you are booting from the local disk, make sure there are no
> + If you are booting from the local disk, check that there are no
> floppies in the floppy drives and no CD-ROM in the tray. If you made
> - a custom boot floppy and want to boot from that, you should put that
> - floppy in the first floppy drive. Finally, you can restart the
> - installation system by booting from your install media.
> + a custom boot floppy and want to boot from it, you should put that
> + floppy in the first floppy drive.
> + .
> + You may also restart the installation system by booting from your
> + installation media.
> .
> Please take care of all that before you continue.
>
> 1) Make this look more like a title
> 2) ....thus add "The system will now reboot" as a separated paragraph.
> "system" seems better than "machine" to me...
>
> 3) Before this reboot occurs is maybe not the best possible. English
> speakers needed..:-)
>
> 4) s/make sure/check that : look sbetter to me but your mileage may vary
>
> 5) boot from it or boot from that?
'it' is correct. Everything looks fine here.
> I add a paragraph as the suggestion for rebooting from the install(ation)
> media is another idea and should appear more easily, imho
>
> -- 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)
>
>
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