Received: (at maintonly) by bugs.debian.org; 17 Dec 2001 22:39:00 +0000 From mdz@csh.rit.edu Mon Dec 17 16:39:00 2001 Return-path: Received: from smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.60] by master.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 1 (Debian)) id 16G6PU-0007L7-00; Mon, 17 Dec 2001 16:39:00 -0600 Received: from 146-115-121-200.c3-0.smr-ubr1.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com ([146.115.121.200] helo=mizar.alcor.net) by smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #10) id 16G6PT-0001FC-00 for maintonly@bugs.debian.org; Mon, 17 Dec 2001 17:38:59 -0500 Received: from mdz by mizar.alcor.net with local (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 16G6PT-0001AS-00 for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2001 17:38:59 -0500 From: Matt Zimmerman To: maintonly@bugs.debian.org Subject: libdebconf-client-ruby: Spelling error in description Message-Id: Sender: Matt Zimmerman Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 17:38:59 -0500 Delivered-To: maintonly@bugs.debian.org Package: libdebconf-client-ruby Severity: minor This is an automated bug report. I have recently conducted a mass spelling check of Debian package descriptions. In the process, some other errors were also detected, such as capitalization, word wrap, and indentation problems. Some notable guidelines that I used in the check include: - Capitalization The names of languages (English, French, etc.) are capitalized in English. Acronyms should be in all capital letters. - Abbreviation In general, words should not be abbreviated as part of the description. Exceptions include standard abbreviations like "etc.". This is especially important for proper keyword searches. - Word joining For various reasons, technical terms tend to be artificially joined to form new words, like "bugreport". While this may be acceptable in an informal context, such words should be written separately in package descriptions, for clarity and to aid in searching. In some cases where there the spelling check uncovered other errors, I have made other edits in the diff for purposes of grammar and clarity. There appear to be one or more errors in the description for this package. A unified diff follows at the end of this message. You should be able to apply it to your source tree by piping this message directly into a command line like: patch /home/me/somewhere/mypackage/debian/control There is a chance that this may not work if your control has been modified from the version of your source package in the Debian archive. If so, you will have to apply the diff by hand. When doing so, please take note if there are multiple corrections on the same line of the diff. If you believe this correction to be in error, please contact me before closing this bug so that we can come to an understanding, and so that provisions can be made for future spelling checks. If you are not a native English speaker and would like assistance improving your description, contact debian-l10n-english@lists.debian.org. --- orig/libdebconf-client-ruby Mon Dec 17 15:52:21 2001 +++ corrected/libdebconf-client-ruby Mon Dec 17 15:59:04 2001 @@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ libdebconf-client-ruby is a client module library which can communicate debconf from ruby script to ask questions to users. . - Note that this package isn't intended to access a debconf databse directly, + Note that this package isn't intended to access a debconf database directly, but ask questions to users.