Re: Bug#578854: New wording for Conflicts, Breaks, and related sections
Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au> writes:
> Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org> writes:
>> * Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>, 2010-06-16, 11:07:
>> >+ continue to do so (but be aware that this is often an error
>> >+ that should be fixed rather than using <tt>Conflicts</tt> --
>> >+ see, for example, <ref id="binaries">),</item>
>> I find the phrase in parentheses awkwardly worded. (I am not a native
>> speaker.)
> How about this:
> + continue to do so (but be aware that this is often an error,
> + and it should be fixed instead of using <tt>Conflicts</tt>.
> + See, for example, <ref id="binaries">),</item>
The reason why it's phrased the way it is was to avoid complete sentences
inside a parenthetical embedded in the middle of another sentence. Maybe
I should just make that a separate paragraph or something. Ugh.
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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