Re: Minor suggestion for release-notes

[Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org>]

Hi,

Justin B Rye <justin.byam.rye@gmail.com> wrote (Sat, 1 May 2021 11:54:06 +0100):
> Holger Wansing wrote:
> > I would suggest this change:
> > 
> > 
> >   By subscribing to the Debian announcement mailing list, you will receive a 
> 
> I don't much like this, though I'm not sure it matters: pedantically,
> you don't receive notifications by subscribing, you receive them by
> being/remaining subscribed.  Alternatives include:
>  If you subscribe the d-a ML you will receive a notification [...]
>  Subscribe to the d-a ML to receive a notification [...]
>  Subscribers to the d-a ML will receive a notification [...]
> 
> >   notification every time Debian makes a new release. Such as when bullseye 
> 
> (Why is there a full stop here?  A comma would do.)
> 
> > - changes from e.g. stable to oldstable.
> > + changes from e.g. testing to stable.
> 
> (Given that this sentence introduced itself as an example, the "e.g."
> seems a bit redundant.)
>  
> > because this chapter reads about releasing Bullseye as a new Debian version. 
> > And that's the process of turning "testing" into "stable".
> > (the event of "stable" being turned into "oldstable" is only a by-product IMO).
> > 
> > I can do that change including the sync of translations, if you like.
> 
> Your suggestion does have the advantage of being easy to avoid
> bothering translators for!

I only did this
- changes from e.g. stable to oldstable.
+ changes from e.g. testing to stable.
changing now (including translations).


Sorry, Justin :-)


Holger


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