List of English strings that need fixing
This is a list of files or strings should be reviewed and improved to ease users understand the meaning and for translators to be able to properly translate them (translators, please feel free to add the ones you think might need improvement!):
Strings
- "control directory is not a directory"
- "member length"
- "part numbers"
"Press enter" --> "Press Enter" or "Press [Enter]"
- src/enquiry.c (assert_version_support): Standalone strings might need improvement.
dselect/pkgdisplay.cc: "Updated" --> "Upgradable" to make it clear that a newer version is available in the repository, but has yet to be installed on the system
Plural forms
All strings reviewed for plural forms.
Files done
Files to review
- lib/cleanup.c
- lib/compression.c
- lib/database.c
- lib/dbmodify.c
- lib/dump.c
- lib/ehandle.c
- lib/fields.c
- lib/lock.c
- lib/log.c
- lib/md5.c
- lib/mlib.c
- lib/myopt.c
- lib/myopt-util.c
- lib/nfmalloc.c
- lib/parse.c
- lib/parsehelp.c
- lib/showpkg.c
- lib/subproc.c
- lib/tarfn.c
- lib/trigdeferred.l
- lib/triglib.c
- lib/utils.c
- lib/varbuf.c
- lib/vercmp.c
- src/archives.c
- src/cleanup.c
- src/configure.c
- src/depcon.c
- src/enquiry.c
- src/errors.c
- src/filesdb.c
- src/help.c
- src/main.c
- src/packages.c
- src/pkg-show.c
- src/processarc.c
- src/query.c
- src/remove.c
- src/select.c
- src/trigcmd.c
- src/trigproc.c
- src/update.c
- dpkg-deb/build.c
- dpkg-deb/extract.c
- dpkg-deb/info.c
- dpkg-deb/main.c
- dpkg-split/info.c
- dpkg-split/join.c
- dpkg-split/main.c
- dpkg-split/queue.c
- dpkg-split/split.c
- utils/start-stop-daemon.c
- scripts/dpkg-divert.pl
- scripts/dpkg-statoverride.pl
- scripts/update-alternatives.pl
- scripts/822-date.pl
- scripts/dpkg-architecture.pl
- scripts/dpkg-buildpackage.pl
- scripts/dpkg-checkbuilddeps.pl
- scripts/dpkg-distaddfile.pl
- scripts/dpkg-genchanges.pl
- scripts/dpkg-gencontrol.pl
- scripts/dpkg-gensymbols.pl
- scripts/dpkg-parsechangelog.pl
- scripts/dpkg-scanpackages.pl
- scripts/dpkg-scansources.pl
- scripts/dpkg-shlibdeps.pl
- scripts/dpkg-source.pl
- scripts/changelog/debian.pl
- scripts/Dpkg/Arch.pm
- scripts/Dpkg/Cdata.pm
- scripts/Dpkg/Changelog.pm
- scripts/Dpkg/Changelog/Debian.pm
- scripts/Dpkg/Checksums.pm
- scripts/Dpkg/Control.pm
- scripts/Dpkg/Deps.pm
- scripts/Dpkg/ErrorHandling.pm
- scripts/Dpkg/Fields.pm
- scripts/Dpkg/IPC.pm
- scripts/Dpkg/Shlibs.pm
- scripts/Dpkg/Shlibs/Objdump.pm
- scripts/Dpkg/Shlibs/SymbolFile.pm
- scripts/Dpkg/Source/Archive.pm
- scripts/Dpkg/Source/CompressedFile.pm
- scripts/Dpkg/Source/Compressor.pm
- scripts/Dpkg/Source/Functions.pm
- scripts/Dpkg/Source/Patch.pm
- scripts/Dpkg/Source/Package.pm
- scripts/Dpkg/Source/Package/V1.pm
- scripts/Dpkg/Source/Package/V2.pm
- scripts/Dpkg/Source/Package/V3/bzr.pm
- scripts/Dpkg/Source/Package/V3/custom.pm
- scripts/Dpkg/Source/Package/V3/native.pm
- scripts/Dpkg/Source/Package/V3/git.pm
- scripts/Dpkg/Source/Package/V3/quilt.pm
- scripts/Dpkg/Substvars.pm
- scripts/Dpkg/Vars.pm
- scripts/Dpkg/Vendor.pm
- scripts/Dpkg/Vendor/Ubuntu.pm
- scripts/Dpkg/Version.pm
- dselect/basecmds.cc
- dselect/baselist.cc
- dselect/basetop.cc
- dselect/bindings.cc
- dselect/curkeys.cc
- dselect/helpmsgs.cc
- dselect/main.cc
- dselect/methkeys.cc
- dselect/methlist.cc
- dselect/method.cc
- dselect/methparse.cc
- dselect/pkgcmds.cc
- dselect/pkgdepcon.cc
- dselect/pkgdisplay.cc
- dselect/pkginfo.cc
- dselect/pkgkeys.cc
- dselect/pkglist.cc
- dselect/pkgsublist.cc
- dselect/pkgtop.cc