Package: linesrv Version: 2.1.21-4 Severity: minor Tags: patch While translating your debconf template I noticed the following language problems, which I report in pseudo patch format:
-"Linesrv use a configuration file named /etc/linesrv/linesrv.conf, in which "
-"ise stored information about the various connection you use to make your "
+"Linesrv use a configuration file named /etc/linesrv/linesrv.conf, which "
"stores information about the various connection you use to make your "
-"detect the connections already setted up on your box. Support for isdn and "
+"detect the connections already set up on your box. Support for isdn and "
-"is installed in /usr/share/doc/linesrv. Remeber to set up it after the "
+"is installed in /usr/share/doc/linesrv. Remeber to set it up after the "
-"conf if you need. For further information, see man linesrv.conf (5)"
+"conf if you need. For further information, see linesrv.conf(5)"
(here you could also say: "run man linesrv.conf")
-"tool not listed above, please send a bug-report so I can consider to "
+"tool not listed above, please send a bug-report so I can consider to "
-"Please, write hostname (IP address) of the machine hosting the MySQL logging "
+"Please write hostname (IP address) of the machine hosting the MySQL logging "
-msgid "Please, enter the username of the account used to access the database."
+msgid "Please enter the username of the account used to access the database."
-msgid "Please, enter the password of the account used access the database."
+msgid "Please enter the password of the account used to access the database."
(two changes)
-"This version of linecontrol need a Mysql database, so you need to create "
-"one on this machine, or specify a database host location, in order for "
+"This version of linecontrol need a Mysql database, so you need to create "
+"one on this machine, or specify a database host location, in order for "
-"Which configuration tool will set options for this program?. If you use a "
-"tool not listed above, please send a bug-report so I can consider to "
+"Which configuration tool will set options for this program? If you use a "
+"tool not listed above, please send a bug-report so I can consider to "
Also I would recommend the following general changes:
a) Do not use "Yes" and "No" in the templates. Some frontends might
print "Ok" and "Cancel" or even use graphical symbols. Hence I
would suggest use "accept" and "decline" instead
b) It is deprecated to pretened that the programm is a person, i.e.
talks about itself in the first person ("I"). For example, the
following change should be made:
-msgid "Should I use Debconf?"
+msgid "Should Debconf be used?"
c) You use both "linesrv.conf file" as well as "linesrv conf file". To
avoid confusion, I suggest changing one variant, i.e. when you
mention the file name, leave it as is (i.e. the first version), and
when you talk about the second case, use, e.g. "conf file of
linesrv".
d) Some strings do not end with interpunctation, e.g. with a colon
("."). You should use interpunction consistently.
e) The three last string are very similar to previously used strings.
To ease the burden of the translators could you check if you could
unify them, so translators would only need to translate only one
version?
If you have any questions regarding these changes do not hesitate to
contact me.
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