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Re: [PATCH] Fix "localedef --posix" description


On Sun, Dec 02, 2012 at 04:09:08PM -0500, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 5:00 AM, Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org> wrote:
> >
> > 2012-12-02      Allan McRae     <allan@archlinux.org>
> >
> >         *locale/programs/localedef.c: Fix description of '--posix' flag.
> > ---
> >  locale/programs/localedef.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/locale/programs/localedef.c b/locale/programs/localedef.c
> > index 864fc55..c2efd22 100644
> > --- a/locale/programs/localedef.c
> > +++ b/locale/programs/localedef.c
> > @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ static const struct argp_option options[] =
> >      N_("Create output even if warning messages were issued") },
> >    { "old-style", OPT_OLDSTYLE, NULL, 0, N_("Create old-style tables") },
> >    { "prefix", OPT_PREFIX, "PATH", 0, N_("Optional output file prefix") },
> > -  { "posix", OPT_POSIX, NULL, 0, N_("Be strictly POSIX conform") },
> > +  { "posix", OPT_POSIX, NULL, 0, N_("Be strictly POSIX conformant") },
> 
> It's still not the best wording...
> 
> I'd say "Enable strict conformance with POSIX"
> 
> or "Strictly conform to POSIX"
> 
> or "Adhere strictly to POSIX"
> 
> I think any of these would be better help wording.

Isn't improving the wording a separate issue from fixing text that's
ungrammatical? While I'd like to see it improved, it's annoying for
"how about making a bigger improvement?" objections to stall fixing
the main bug.

Rich


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