On Thu, Feb 09, 2012 at 01:40:42PM +0100, Niels Thykier wrote: > On 2012-02-09 13:20, Ian Jackson wrote: > > I have just received a review by a l10n team of a package of mine. > > > > The reviewer seems to be under the impression that there is something > > wrong with the computer speaking to the user in the first person. For > > example: > > > >> [...] > > I suspect devref 6.5.2.5 is a (possible) source of this impression. As > I recall, there are also some Lintian checks about using first person.
The computer is not a person. IMO, the use of first-person personal pronouns such as "I" grate badly in the context of being used by the computer. By all means refer to the user this way (e.g. "you"), but I don't think Ian's opinion on the use of "I" is by any means universal. It's by no means wrong, but I think such uses could be phrased better. Regards, Roger -- .''`. Roger Leigh : :' : Debian GNU/Linux http://people.debian.org/~rleigh/ `. `' Printing on GNU/Linux? http://gutenprint.sourceforge.net/ `- GPG Public Key: 0x25BFB848 Please GPG sign your mail. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120209132908.gm8...@codelibre.net
