Quoting Frans Pop ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Package: partman
> Version: 54
> Severity: minor
> 
> 'No partitionable media was found.'
> should be
> 'No partitionable media were found.'


After a long debate on IRC:

Kamion  bubulle: "no medium" is definitively singular.
        Kamion  bubulle: "no media" would take a plural verb.
        bubulle svenl: doing and commiting the debconf-updatepo now (in the next 40-60 
minutes) would be great as I have l10n-sync running...and this would give us a live 
example for checking if my script has conflict problems
        bubulle Kamion: sure, I understand that media-->plural
        svenl   bubulle: what does that mean for me ?
        bubulle The point is : is there some grammar rule which says that plural 
should be used in such case
        Kamion  no, there is not
        Kamion  "no medium were found" is definitely wrong
        bubulle svenl: nothing. This may trigger some problem on my side, but my 
script should be robust to them
        svenl   bubulle: so, i can upload anytime i like, right ?
        bubulle yes
        -->|    Fembot ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) has joined #debian-boot
        CIA-9   debian-installer: bubulle * r20942 
packages/nobootloader/debian/po/templates.pot: [l10n] [l10n-sync] Run debconf-updatepo 
on /home/bubulle/src/debian/debian-installer/packages/nobootloader
        iceman  can I expect quik to fail install if I try it on the "second" not 
terminating scsi drive? Im doing a test install on a second drive just to see if it 
works, then Im gonna install on the first drive
        bubulle So, "no media were found" or "no medium was found" are both correct. 
Choosing between both is a matter of perception
        svenl   Kamion: i need to create an extra powerpc floppy, is it ok to call it 
'extra' like fjp or someone else suggested ? I will move the ndtcfg stuff to it ?
        pb_     bubulle: correct.
        iceman  and quik did fail, now I'd like to know if that is due to my choice of 
drive, or if it is a bug
        pb_     the former has a connotation that you were conducting a general survey 
of media, and discovered that none were present. the latter would imply that you 
looked for a single medium and failed to find it.
        bubulle definitely prefers french were no such fuzzy things exist...:-)
        bubulle kidding of course
        Kamion  pb_: the former is more accurate, in a way
        Kamion  we're looking for any available partitionable medium
        pb_     true
        Kamion  svenl: I don't really have an opinion TBH
        svenl   Kamion: ok.
        bubulle Kamion: yes, I agree. Partman looks for any medium. Let's go for "no 
media were"
        Kamion  svenl: if it's just an overflow from the root floppy
then maybe root2 or something :)


Let's go for "No partitionable media were found."

And defuzzification of translations.....



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