Bug#306745: base-config: bad English messages in Debconf templates
Ar 28/04/2005 am 12:47, ysgrifennodd Wouter Verhelst:
> Op do, 28-04-2005 te 18:04 +1000, schreef Dafydd Harries:
> > msgid "Configure apt"
> >
> > This should have "APT" in capitals.
> >
> > msgid "Apt configuration"
> >
> > This too.
>
> Why would that be the case? People regularly call it 'apt' in writing,
> rather than 'APT', and I believe the 'Advanced Package Tool' is a
> backronym, too.
Well, since it is an acronym, I belive all capitals is correct. This
also fits with the capitalization in APT's own messages, and with the
capitalization in d-i. I think consistency is important here.
I've just noticed that there are several other ocurrences of "apt" in
the same file.
--
Dafydd
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