Bug#534408: Installed-Size wording
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 16:02:50 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
> Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com> writes:
> > Russ Allbery wrote:
>
> >> Sorry about the delay in dealing with this. I've now committed:
> >>
> >> <sect1 id="f-Installed-Size">
> >> <heading><tt>Installed-Size</tt></heading>
> >>
> >> <p>
> >> This field appears in the control files of binary packages,
> >> and in the <file>Packages</file> files. It gives an
> >> estimation the total amount of disk space required to install
> > ^^^
>
> > I'm not a native speaker, but shouldn't that be something like "an
> > estimate of the total..."?
>
> Oh, thanks. Fixed. Both are technically correct, but estimate is the
> word normally used in that context.
>
still missing "of" though between "estimate" and "the"?
Cheers,
Julien
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