Hi,

On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 06:56:50PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
> I'd very much appreciate if you would spend some time thinking
> about this change and how it could be used for your language.

I want to post a summary, what entities would be good for german:
        "Debian"
        "debian"
        "Debian GNU/Linux"
        "Sarge" / "Etch" / ...
        "sarge / "etch" / ...
        "SARGE" / "ETCH" / ...

        If we want to keep "debian-installer" extra formatted as
        a name / label (it is currently
        <classname>debian-installer</classname>), we would need 
        for german: 
        "Debian-Installer" or "debian-installer"   (as we want it, 
                                                   uppercase or
                                                   lowercase)
        "Debian-Installers" or "debian-installers"
        "Debian-Installer's" or "debian-installer's"

        If we don't want to have "Debian-Installer" extra
        formatted, I don't need 
        "Debian-Installers"  and
        "Debian-Installer's"
        because I would make it this way: "&D-I;'s" 
        to avoid confussion with too much unnecessary entities
        (for german! Maybe it's not possible this way in other
        languages).

        BTW: I like "debian-installer" as it is now!
        (lowercase and extra formatted; as its own special
        application).


> I've been considering introducing an extra entity:
>    &D-I-gen; => "Debian Installer's" (-gen for genitive)
> Would that entity also be useful for translations?

See above. When extra formatted, it's necessary! Otherwise not
(for german!).


> I'd also appreciate feedback from Colin if this will really help
> him for Ubuntu. Of course, the real benefit will only start after
> additional manual conversions have been done as well.

Not sure: wasn't Ubuntu developping their own graphical installer?



Holger

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