On Monday, 4 November 2024 21:09:06 CET Andreas Metzler wrote:
> On 2024-11-04 Bernhard Voelker <m...@bernhard-voelker.de> wrote:
> > On 11/4/24 18:08, Werner Koch via Gnupg-devel wrote:
> >> On Mon, 4 Nov 2024 17:55, Andreas Metzler said:
> >>> @item only-pubkeys
> >>>
> >>> - Do now allow to import secret keys.
> >>> + Do not allow one to import secret keys.
> >>
> >> Isn't
> >>
> >> Do not allow the import of secret keys.
> >>
> >> better and more clear?
> >
> > Isn't the change more about "now" vs. "not"?
>
> Both changes ("allow to" and "now") are significant.
This is becoming confusing, but looking at the message item name, which
appears to be "only-pubkeys", it seems that the original message text used
"now" in error where "not" was actually intended.
Correcting this initial mistake...
"Do not allow to import secret keys."
...yields a rather awkward sentence, but Werner's suggestion tidies it up:
"Do not allow the import of secret keys."
Of course, one could also suggest the following:
"Do not import secret keys."
I guess it depends on what the message is really supposed to mean and in which
context it appears, but I hope that this feedback helps on the matter of the
wording.
Paul
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