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List:       debian-devel
Subject:    Re: Do not touch l10n files
From:       Thom May <thom () debian ! org>
Date:       2003-05-15 12:25:56
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* Denis Barbier (barbier@linuxfr.org) wrote :
> On Thu, May 15, 2003 at 12:04:14PM +0100, Thom May wrote:
> > I'm also quite upset to see off hand insults - I've never claimed to "know
> > what a foreign language should look like", what we've asked is for a
> > rational explanation as to why when we removed a single character, (a "3" as
> > it happens) the layout of the french translation changed dramatically and to
> > a form that the maintainers do not view as ideal.
> 
> It has already been told more than once: in French, an itemized list is
> preferred over a comma separated list when it gives a very long sentence.
> 
Now, preferred, in English, means "more desirable than another" not "we must
use this at all costs". So, again. We have said we don't like the layout and
would *prefer* that the translators change it. 
-Thom


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