Re: Do not update console-setup l10n - wording choice
On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 08:15:10PM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote:
> Quoting Colin Watson (cjwatson@debian.org):
> > I intentionally chose the wording from console-setup/debian/control
> > (i.e. what was used before I added this *new* template - I didn't change
> > an existing one, as it might seem to somebody reading your mail without
> > checking the source) in order that I wasn't changing existing behaviour.
> >
> > My concern with "Select a keyboard layout" is that it is wrong for
> > console-setup in expert mode which can also configure the font.
> > "Configure the keyboard" is vaguer and while it doesn't strictly
> > encompass the console font it seems less likely that people will object
> > to it. I deliberately avoided "console" because that's more technical
> > vocabulary.
>
> OK, point taken, Colin. I will then revert to your "Configure the
> keyboard" and then send a call for translation updates.
Thanks! Of course it isn't urgent since we don't use console-setup by
default yet.
> > > A 1.27 upload will soon come with unfuzzied translations. I just need
> > > an ACK by Colin Watson who introduced the new string in 1.26 for this
> > > to happen.
> >
> > I'm not sure this is the right thing to do.
>
> Thanks. I very much like the way you express your disagreement. It is
> always a real pleasure to work with you and I wanted to say this in
> public.
It rarely hurts to be polite :-)
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@debian.org]
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