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Re: How to react on a factually wrong Debian wiki change ?



On Fri 28 Sep 2018 at 15:59:26 +0000, Curt wrote:

> On 2018-09-28, Thomas Schmitt <scdbackup@gmx.net> wrote:
> >
> > Curt wrote:
> >> > It's been reverted but as the formulation is a little awkward it's too
> >> > bad we didn't take this opportunity to unawkwardate it.
> >
> > Jonathan Dowland wrote:
> >> I opted to restore the text exactly as it was (a pure revert) rather
> >> than improve upon it, although I'm not really sure why I rationalised
> >> that.
> >
> > So how should the statement be improved ?
> 
> "should better not be used" is a bit twisted.
> 
> You could say:
> 
>  It is preferable not to use wodim for DVD or BD media.
> 
> Or:
>  
>  It's better to avoid using wodim when burning to DVD or BD media.
> 
> Or:
> 
>  Wodim has proved less reliable when used with DVD or BD media and is
>  best avoided when burning to those media.

The last statement is good and the one I'd be inclined to go with, maybe
qualifying "less" with "much".

-- 
Brian.


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