On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 01:34:36PM +0200, Thomas Huriaux wrote:
> Package: logtool
> Severity: minor
> Tags: patch
>
> Hi,
>
> I've seen that you have rewritten the debconf templates, but there is
> still some parts that may be improved.
>
>
> - Reply positively to manually write a database, or negatively to use the
> + Accept this option to manually write a database, and do not accept to use
> the
> database from the package "logcheck-database".
>
> "positively" and "negatively" are still assumptions about interfaces.
> Something like "Accept this option" is better for interfaces with
> checkboxes.
I've never liked that 'accept' and 'do not accept' phrases; it's too
vague in my opinion. Also, I disagree that "positive" or "negative" make
assumptions about interfaces; it's just as generic as "accept" or "do
not accept"
> -_Description: What do you want the ${level} level of regular expressions to
> do?
> +_Description: Action to perform by the ${level} level of regular expressions:
>
> This was still not a prompt. With this rephrasing, you can remove the
> line
> logtool: malformed-prompt-in-templates logtool/map-level-to-file
> from the logtool.lintian-overrides file, as this won't be too long.
It's not a full sentence, though. Sure, it's possible to rephrase
everything to use incorrect sentences, but that can't be the intention.
> -_Description: Please do not select an action more than once
> +_Description: Action selected more than once
>
> A sentence without a dot is still not a correct title, even if this is
> harder to be detected by lintian.
That one indeed sounds better; but I'm reluctant to upload yet another
version of the templates already. Perhaps in a few weeks, or so; just to
allow for more feedback, if any.
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