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Bug#1020248: [Git][dbnpolicy/policy][master] 2 commits: Use stanza to refer to deb822 parts instead of paragraph



Hello Charles,

On Thu 22 Sep 2022 at 02:26PM +09, Charles Plessy wrote:

> So point taken about "paragraph", although interestingly, the
> Simple English definition of "paragraph" is quite spot on if one would
> replace "sentence" with "field": ”one or more sentences that are written
> together with no line breaks separating them.

I think that the quoted definition rather argues against 'paragraph' --
it makes it clear that being made up of sentences, and not
non-sentences, is essential to paragraph-hood.  In other words, it only
becomes spot on if you change the core meaning into a definition of
something else.

> I understand about avoiding ambiguity, but in my opinion it is the price
> to pay to be able to translate information into simple words from
> English to non-European languages.  Although the Policy itself is not
> going to be translated, I think that it can be advantageous if its
> contents can be discussed in simple words in people's native languages.

It may yet be translated!  We have the po4a setup :)

-- 
Sean Whitton


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