Re: How much unbranding in Debian templates

2007-11-16 Thread Helge Kreutzmann
Hello, On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 05:59:26AM +, Christian Perrier wrote: > Quoting Helge Kreutzmann ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Then for this case the way "out" would be to simply state that. Since > > -However, since the Debian policy requires > > +However, since .. is required in (all) Linux distri

Re: How much unbranding in Debian templates

2007-11-16 Thread Helge Kreutzmann
On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 10:18:53AM +0100, cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis) wrote: > On Tuesday 13 November 2007, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > > (I don't know if this is the right list, but given that unbranding is > > often done to save l10n work, I'll try here) > > > > I am currently updating the new templ

Re: How much unbranding in Debian templates

2007-11-15 Thread cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis)
On Tuesday 13 November 2007, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > (I don't know if this is the right list, but given that unbranding is > often done to save l10n work, I'll try here) > > I am currently updating the new template for dash. It (stripped down) > has the following change: > > -However, since the D

Re: How much unbranding in Debian templates

2007-11-15 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Helge Kreutzmann ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Then for this case the way "out" would be to simply state that. Since > -However, since the Debian policy requires > +However, since .. is required in (all) Linux distributions Which becomes untrue as Debian!=Linux. Tricky, isn't it? :-) > > > Abo

Re: How much unbranding in Debian templates

2007-11-14 Thread Helge Kreutzmann
Hello, On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 05:47:50AM +, Christian Perrier wrote: > Not really as the topic here is saying that /bin/sh should be > POSIX-compliant, which is a policy we have in Debian (and all CDD, and > actually all Linux-based distributions). Then for this case the way "out" would be to

Re: How much unbranding in Debian templates

2007-11-14 Thread MJ Ray
Helge Kreutzmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -However, since the Debian policy requires > +However, since the distribution policy [...] > Opinions of other people involved here (as translators, users, and > maybe translators of CDD as well)? Either "a Debian policy" or "one of our policies", beca

Re: How much unbranding in Debian templates

2007-11-14 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Miguel Figueiredo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > If there's a msg who fits all, great! > If not, imho, it's a fair work for whoever wishes to adapt the software. > > Regarding on that particular message, is it possible something like: > > "However, since the upstream policy..." ? Not really as

Re: How much unbranding in Debian templates

2007-11-13 Thread Miguel Figueiredo
A Tuesday 13 November 2007 19:49:00, Helge Kreutzmann escreveu: [...] > -However, since the Debian policy requires > +However, since the distribution policy [...] I believe the focus should be on the end users. They (we) should be able to fully understand the dialog with the machine without an