Hello Daniel,
Am Sun, Mar 22, 2026 at 12:47:32PM +0100 schrieb Daniel Baumann:
> On 3/22/26 07:41, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> > While translating your Debconf template to German, several
> > improvments were noticed.
> 
> thanks - I've corrected the badly worded sentence with the 'backports'
> reference.
> 
> for the yes/no; that probably needs a bit more though; I agree that it's not
> optimal, but then the whole message should probbaly reworded (and I really
> like to keep mentioning the default option in the message), I'm happy to
> apply suggestions.

You might ask on debian-l10n-english, in the past they provided very
helpful guidance as well.

See also e.g.
https://tldp.org/LDP/www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/best-pkging-practices.html#s6.5.3

> Again, please avoid referring to specific interface widgets. A common
> mistake for such templates is if you answer Yes-type constructions.

Greetings

             Helge

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