Package: debconf Version: 1.5.2 Severity: wishlist While rewieving the proposed updates to the Italian translation I've found some glitches in the English source and I've made some suggestions to improve the messages to Luk Claes, who said to open this bug as it's not only his call to make changes to the templates.
Here are the suggestion: > #. Type: select > #. Choices > #: ../templates:1001 > msgid "Gnome" > msgstr "" > #. Type: select > #. Choices > #: ../templates:1001 > msgid "Kde" > msgstr "" Those should be written even in English as KDE and GNOME, according to their guidelines. > #. Type: select > #. Description > #: ../templates:1002 > msgid "" > "The dialog frontend is a full-screen, character based interface, > while the " > "readline frontend uses a more traditional plain text interface, and > both the " > "gnome and kde frontends are modern X interfaces, fitting the > respective " > "desktops (but may be used in any X environment). The editor frontend > lets " > "you configure things using your favorite text editor. The > noninteractive " > "frontend never asks you any questions." What about a little modification: "The dialog frontend is a full-screen, character based interface, while the readline frontend uses a more traditional plain text interface, and both the GNOME and KDE frontends are modern graphical interfaces, fitting the respective desktops environment (but may be used in any X environment). The editor frontend lets you configure things using your favorite text editor. The noninteractive frontend never asks you any questions." I would also suggest to put GNOME and KDE first, thus prioritizing them for novice users: "The GNOME and KDE frontends are modern graphical interfaces, fitting the respective desktops environment (but may be used in any X environment). The dialog frontend is a full-screen, character based interface, while the readline frontend uses a more traditional plain text interface. The editor frontend lets you configure things using your favorite text editor. The noninteractive frontend never asks you any questions." Thank you. :) -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-1-686 Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages debconf depends on: ii debconf-i18n 1.5.2 full internationalization support ii perl-base 5.8.8-6 The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbis Versions of packages debconf recommends: ii apt-utils 0.6.44.2 APT utility programs -- debconf information: debconf-apt-progress/preparing: debconf-apt-progress/title: debconf-apt-progress/info: * debconf/frontend: Dialog * debconf/priority: medium -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
