On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 10:10:25PM +0800, Andrew Shugg wrote: > While you're at it, I think "There is ..., it's called reportbug." is > pretty ghastly.
Initially it made sorta sense because there were two programs. Unfortunately, we ditched bug(1) and didn't rephrase the sentence nicely. > How about: > > To assist users in reporting and checking bugs, there is a set of > programs in Debian provided by the 'reportbug' package. The > 'reportbug' tool will guide you through the steps of the bug reporting > process and reduce the amount of work involved. The 'querybts' tool > provides a convenient text-based interface to the Debian BTS. > > (Okay, that's introducing lots of new stuff rather than just fixing an > offending bit of grammar: sorry.) How about: <p>The <code><a href="http://packages.debian.org/stable/utils/reportbug.html";>reportbug</a></code> program can ease filing bugs by guiding you through the bug reporting process step by step. The <kbd>querybts</kbd> tool, available from the same package as <a href="http://packages.debian.org/stable/utils/reportbug.html";>reportbug</a>, provides a convenient text-based interface to the bug tracking system.</p> People skip reading roundabout descriptions, just shove the right bit of information down their throat ASAP :) -- 2. That which causes joy or happiness.
