Hi Justin, On Sunday 23 August 2015 22:51:53 Justin B Rye wrote: > Dmitry Smirnov wrote: > > The only thing which makes me feel uncomfortable about this version is > > "doing downloads" in > > > > This package automates the process of doing downloads of the source > > Hmm, "do" can often be a bit weak, if that's what you mean...
I mean "process of (doing|launching|performing) downloads" feels heavy and
unnecessary... Why not just "process of downloading"?
> That has an excess "of (the)", and it loses the plural instances of
> downloads (plural runs automatically produce plural output packages,
> so you can recycle this text for other downloaders regardless of how
> many packages they produce per run). Oh, and you've lost a Harvard
> comma again and put the "deb" back in after I thought we'd agreed to
> take it out!
Sorry about those unintentional changes. I simply missed all that on manual
merge...
> Would you be any happier with a version that just replaces "doing"
> with something less weak, like "performing" or "launching"?
I reckon "performing" might be the best for this context but still I'm not
convinced if it is necessary...
What do you think of
> This package automates the process of downloading source
> files for ${PKGG} from videolan.org, compiling them, and installing the
> binary packages (${PKGG_ALL}).
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Best wishes,
Dmitry Smirnov
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