Markus Buchhorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> At 21:13 9/01/01 -0800, Dan Harkless wrote:
> [...]
> >Well, the original author (Hrvoje) used:
> >
> > Local file `%s' is more recent, not retrieving.
> >
> >I reworded it because like your "as new as" version, it's inaccurate -- the
> >local file may have the same time stamp rather than being more recent.
> >
> >I still prefer my original ("no newer than") fix.
>
> How about
>
> "Local file %s is not older (than remote)" ?
>
> Seems clear, concise and accurate - and doesn't play on any problems
> non-native-English-speakers might have.
I wouldn't refuse that wording kicking and screaming, but again, it shifts
the emphasis away from where I intentionally placed it in my wording. The
user is more interested in file "newness" than file "oldness", though of
course they're both the exact same thing (barring a negative modifier or
two).
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