proposed changes to debian-faq

2016-05-29 Thread Beatrice Torracca
Hi! I updated the Italian translation of the Debian FAQ. In doing so I notice a couple of minor things that I think can be changed (nothing substantial!). Since Holger is doing such an extensive great job in reorganizing/updating the FAQ I thought this might be a good moment to re-read the FAQs a

Re: proposed changes to debian-faq

2016-05-29 Thread Justin B Rye
Beatrice Torracca wrote: > I updated the Italian translation of the Debian FAQ. In doing so I > notice a couple of minor things that I think can be changed (nothing > substantial!). > > Since Holger is doing such an extensive great job in > reorganizing/updating the FAQ I thought this might be a g

Re: proposed changes to debian-faq

2016-05-29 Thread Beatrice Torracca
On Sunday 29 May 2016, at 17:48 +0100, Justin B Rye wrote: Hi! > And almost all of them look to me like definite improvements in the > English. But: I should have added that I am not a native English speaker, although I think it is quite obvious :) Thanks for the corrections! > > > @@ -238,8

Re: proposed changes to debian-faq

2016-05-29 Thread Holger Wansing
Hi Beatrice, I very much appreciate your work on debian-faq! Justin: thanks for your comments against this patch! Beatrice Torracca wrote: > I updated the Italian translation of the Debian FAQ. In doing so I > notice a couple of minor things that I think can be changed (nothing > substantial!)

Re: Bug#822083: refcard: The refcard layout is screwed up for RTL languages

2016-05-29 Thread Holger Wansing
Hi, Holger Wansing wrote: > Holger Wansing wrote: > > Omer Zak wrote: > > > 1. Explanations of the changes: > > > > > > debian/rules > > > LC_ALL=en_US.utf8 > > > Fixes the behavior of 'grep' when it deals with text with non-Latin > > > characters. > > > Without this change, 'g

Re: proposed changes to debian-faq

2016-05-29 Thread Brian Potkin
On Sun 29 May 2016 at 17:48:13 +0100, Justin B Rye wrote: > Beatrice Torracca wrote: > > > @@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ > > multimedia applications and > > dictionaries in Debian and has been introduced since some users might > > want to access the raw data without installing the program or because > >

Re: proposed changes to debian-faq

2016-05-29 Thread Justin B Rye
Holger Wansing wrote: > Beatrice Torracca wrote: >> Since Holger is doing such an extensive great job in >> reorganizing/updating the FAQ I thought this might be a good moment to >> re-read the FAQs as a "low-level" reviewer. The changes I propose are >> mostly minor typos and such. > > Great. Yo

Re: proposed changes to debian-faq

2016-05-29 Thread Holger Wansing
Hi, Justin B Rye wrote: > Holger Wansing wrote: > > Some comments on your patch: > > > >> Starting with Debian Jessie, some frequently used > >> - >> + > > > I don't see the improvement here, so omitting this. > > It's a non-native-speakerism. The current FAQ says that the commands > "go

Re: proposed changes to debian-faq

2016-05-29 Thread Justin B Rye
Holger Wansing wrote: > Justin B Rye wrote: >> Holger Wansing wrote: Starting with Debian Jessie, some frequently used ->>> +>> >>> I don't see the improvement here, so omitting this. >> >> It's a non-native-speakerism. The current FAQ says that the commands >> "got" (="did acqui

Re: proposed changes to debian-faq

2016-05-29 Thread Justin B Rye
Brian Potkin wrote: > Justin B Rye wrote: >> Beatrice Torracca wrote: >> >>> @@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ >>> multimedia applications and >>> dictionaries in Debian and has been introduced since some users might >>> want to access the raw data without installing the program or because >>> -the program c

Re: proposed changes to debian-faq

2016-05-29 Thread Holger Wansing
Hi, Justin B Rye wrote: > Holger Wansing wrote: > > Justin B Rye wrote: > >> Holger Wansing wrote: > Starting with Debian Jessie, some frequently used > - + >>> > >>> I don't see the improvement here, so omitting this. > >> > >> It's a non-native-speakerism. The current FAQ

Re: proposed changes to debian-faq

2016-05-29 Thread Holger Wansing
Hi, Justin B Rye wrote: > Brian Potkin wrote: > > Justin B Rye wrote: > >> Beatrice Torracca wrote: > >> > >>> @@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ > >>> multimedia applications and > >>> dictionaries in Debian and has been introduced since some users might > >>> want to access the raw data without installing

Re: proposed changes to debian-faq

2016-05-29 Thread Justin B Rye
Holger Wansing wrote: > So I have changed that into > > "the program can be run without the data itself, making `foo-data' optional." > > That brought me to this part: > > "If you use aptitude (see id="aptitude">) as your package management tool it will, however, > track automatically installed