Re: Debconf rewrite project: review the intent.txt mail
Summary: I think debian is a special noun (officially lower-case) and
I've been quite picky about misplurals, articles and prepositions(?),
so this looks worse than it is.
--- intent.txt 2007-03-09 23:20:42.000000000 +0000
+++ intent.txt.mod 2007-03-09 23:28:43.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,37 +1,37 @@
-Dear Debian maintainer,
+Dear debian maintainer,
-The Debian internationalisation team and the Debian English
+The debian internationalisation team and the debian English
-"localisation" team will soon begin the review of the debconf
+localisation team will soon begin a review of the debconf
-templates you use in <PACKAGE>.
+templates used in <PACKAGE>.
-
+
-That process is run for all packages that use debconf to interact with
+This review happens for all packages that use debconf to interact with
-users and its main purposes are:
+users and its main aims are:
-- improve the use English in all debconf templates;
+- to improve the use of English in all debconf templates;
-- enhance the consistency of the debconf templates wording;
+- to enhance consistency of debconf template wordings;
-- bring more translations for the templates.
+- to encourage more translations for templates.
-
+
-Even if you are a native English speaker, that process is likely to
+Even if you are a native English speaker, this process is likely to
-help tracking down typos or errors, but also bring consistency between
+help track down typos or errors and also improve consistency between
-the debconf templates of your package and that of others packages in
+the debconf templates of your package and those of other packages in
the distribution.
The process involves both debian-l10n-english contributors and
-Debian translators.
+debian translators.
The details of the process are given in <insert URL here>.
-I will act as the coordinator of this action for <PACKAGE>.
+I will act as the coordinator of this activity for <PACKAGE>.
The first step of this process is to review the debconf source
-templates file(s) of <PACKAGE>. This review will start on <DAY07> or
+template file(s) of <PACKAGE>. This review will start on <DAY07> or
as soon as you acknowledge this mail with an agreement for us to
-conduct this process..
+carry out this process.
-All actions will be done in close interaction with you and no upload
+All actions will be done in close collaboration with you and no upload
of <PACKAGE> will happen without coordination with you.
Please ACK this mail. If some work in progress on your side would
conflict with such a rewrite (like adding or removing debconf
templates), please say so and this action will be delayed to a later
-moment in the development cycle.
+point in the development cycle.
--
MJR/slef
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