Re: Bug#631409: Please reconsider the formatting of the package description

[Justin B Rye <jbr@edlug.org.uk>]

Christian PERRIER wrote:
> Quoting Martin Schauer (Martin.E.Schauer@gmx.de):

I notice your version also "corrects a missing space in the second
item".  That definite error did get filtered out in our d-l-e review,
along with a couple of punctuation tweaks:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-l10n-english/2011/05/msg00101.html

>> Description: read-write NTFS driver for FUSE
>>  NTFS-3G is an NTFS driver for FUSE. It can
> 
> There should be a colon at the end of this.
> 
>>   * create, remove, rename, move files, directories, hard links,

Needs an extra "or".

>>     and streams; 
>>   * read and write files, including streams, sparse files and

Needs an extra comma.

>>     transparently compressed files;
>>   * handle special files like symbolic links, devices, and FIFOs;
>>   * moreover it provides standard management of file ownership
>>     and permissions, including POSIX ACLs.
> 
> And that last item should be on a separated paragraph, if it keeps the
> "moreover" word.

Agreed.  Moreover, the --help output indicates the version in Debian
hasn't got support for POSIX ACLs compiled in, so it's a choice
between:

   .
   Moreover, it provides standard management of file ownership and
   permissions.

Or homogenise it to:

   * manage file ownership and permissions.

Or keep it as:
                                   [...] and moreover it provides
  standard management of file ownership and permissions.

Obviously, I preferred that third option.
-- 
JBR	(who will be on reduced connectivity over the coming week)