Re: [patch] two typo fixes found by lintian

On Monday, 4 November 2024 21:09:06 CET Andreas Metzler wrote:
> On 2024-11-04 Bernhard Voelker <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On 11/4/24 18:08, Werner Koch via Gnupg-devel wrote:
> >> On Mon,  4 Nov 2024 17:55, Andreas Metzler said:
> >>>     @item only-pubkeys
> >>> 
> >>> -  Do now allow to import secret keys.
> >>> +  Do not allow one to import secret keys.
> >> 
> >> Isn't
> >> 
> >>      Do not allow the import of secret keys.
> >> 
> >> better and more clear?
> > 
> > Isn't the change more about "now" vs. "not"?
> 
> Both changes ("allow to" and "now") are significant.

This is becoming confusing, but looking at the message item name, which 
appears to be "only-pubkeys", it seems that the original message text used 
"now" in error where "not" was actually intended.

Correcting this initial mistake...

"Do not allow to import secret keys."

...yields a rather awkward sentence, but Werner's suggestion tidies it up:

"Do not allow the import of secret keys."

Of course, one could also suggest the following:

"Do not import secret keys."

I guess it depends on what the message is really supposed to mean and in which 
context it appears, but I hope that this feedback helps on the matter of the 
wording.

Paul