Hi Luca
On Jan 28, 2008, at 12:09 PM, Luca Ferretti wrote:
> I've just committed little changes to messages from PolicyKit policies
> for Clock applet:
>
> - Configuring the hardware clock requires privileges.
> - Privileges are required to configure the hardware clock.
>
> This to match similar messages from PolicyKit package.
> ...
I know you're announcing this just as a courtesy, but ... I don't think
the new string is an improvement, unfortunately. It's not really your
fault, because you're following PolicyKit precedent, but really:
"Privileges are required"? That makes no sense except to computer
programmers. To non-programmer English speakers, privileges are things
that can be granted, accorded, withdrawn, stripped, enjoyed, abused, or
reserved, but never required.
More understandable ways of saying this would be:
* "To set the clock, you need to authenticate as an administrator."
* "To set the clock, you need to authenticate as a member of group
<whatever>."
Where should I report the bug for fixing these messages in PolicyKit? I
don't see a PolicyKit product or component in bugzilla.gnome.org.
Thanks
--
Matthew Paul Thomas
http://mpt.net.nz/
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