Re: Minor suggestion for release-notes
Holger Wansing wrote:
> I would suggest this change:
>
>
> By subscribing to the Debian announcement mailing list, you will receive a
I don't much like this, though I'm not sure it matters: pedantically,
you don't receive notifications by subscribing, you receive them by
being/remaining subscribed. Alternatives include:
If you subscribe the d-a ML you will receive a notification [...]
Subscribe to the d-a ML to receive a notification [...]
Subscribers to the d-a ML will receive a notification [...]
> notification every time Debian makes a new release. Such as when bullseye
(Why is there a full stop here? A comma would do.)
> - changes from e.g. stable to oldstable.
> + changes from e.g. testing to stable.
(Given that this sentence introduced itself as an example, the "e.g."
seems a bit redundant.)
> because this chapter reads about releasing Bullseye as a new Debian version.
> And that's the process of turning "testing" into "stable".
> (the event of "stable" being turned into "oldstable" is only a by-product IMO).
>
> I can do that change including the sync of translations, if you like.
Your suggestion does have the advantage of being easy to avoid
bothering translators for!
--
JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian
sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package
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