Bug#342061: exim4-config: word choice for configuration questions

Christian Perrier bubulle at debian.org
Sat Dec 10 17:10:34 UTC 2005


> > Also, the use of "you" vs. "us" appears inconsistent.  The sentence
> > just quoted uses "you," but the next sentence ("... list of all
> > machine that will use us as a smarthost") uses "us."  3rd sentence has
> > a you that is clearly addressed to the person sitting at the keyboard.
> 
> Agreed. I'm putting this on the list of changes to make to the Debconf
> templates once we decide to touch them.

I would however recommend not using "us". The us of first person is
discouraged when talking about "the computer" or "the system".

Something like "List of all systems using this system as a smarthost"
or so.....would be better, imho.






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