Re: [RFR] templates://tzdata/{templates}
Christian Perrier wrote:
> Please find, for review, the debconf templates of tzdata.
The revised templates file contains:
> # Note to translators:
> # - "Etc" will present users with a list
> # of "GMT+xx" or "GMT-xx" timezones
> # - SystemV will give the choice between zone named as per SystemV convention$
> # EST5, MST7, etc.
but the patch says:
> Template: tzdata/Areas
> Type: select
> -_Choices: Africa, America, Antarctica, Australia, Asia, Atlantic, Canada, Europe, Indian, Pacific, US, SystemV, Etc
> +# Translators: "Etc" will present users with a list
> +# of "GMT+xx" or "GMT-xx" timezones
> +__Choices: Africa, America, Antarctica, Australia, Asia, Atlantic, Canada, Europe, Indian, Pacific, US, SystemV, Etc
> _Description: Geographic area:
It's not clear to me what I should be diffing against, so I'll stick
to inline comments for now.
> Template: tzdata/Areas
> _Description: Geographic area:
> Please select the geographic area in which you live, then you will
> be shown a list of cities which represent the time zone in which they
> are located.
A run-on sentence. How about:
Please select the geographic area you live in. Subsequent configuration
questions will narrow this down by presenting a list of cities,
representing the time zones in which they are located.
> Package: tzdata
...
> Description: time zone and daylight-saving time data
> This package contains data that represent the history of local time for many
> representative locations around the globe. It is updated periodically to
> reflect changes made by political bodies to time zone boundaries, UTC offsets,
> and daylight-saving rules.
"Represent the history" of local time? Unless the package is full
of information about the Greenwich Royal Observatory, surely it
should be something like:
This package contains data required for the implementation of standard local
time for many representative locations around the globe. [...]
--
JBR
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