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Re: please review my template



Nicolas Boullis <nboullis@debian.org> wrote:
> Anyway, any native speaker to comment the use of "people" and/or the 
> rephrasing?

"People" is fine but "Anyone" would be better.

> > "Although this was a bug, this may have been used as a feature in some
> > setups"

I don't like that: passive voice should be avoided if possible ;-)

Seeing as this has become controversial, here's how I would rewrite
it as a native speaker:

Before version 1.0, isync refetched messages that were deleted
locally.  Some users may rely on that bug.  Since 1.0, messages that
are deleted locally will be deleted remotely as well - they will not
be refetched.  Anyone expecting the old buggy behavior may lose data.

However, I may have misunderstood the warning.

Regards,
-- 
MJR/slef
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