Bug#684128: src:debian-installer: allow use of binary units in disk partitioner
Richard Lewis <[email protected]> Sun, 13 Aug 2023 09:46:50 +0100
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.debian.devel.bugs.general,gmane.linux.debian.internationalization.english |
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Holger Wansing <[email protected]> writes: > Justin B Rye <[email protected]> wrote (Fri, 28 Jul 2023 10:04:09 +0100): >> Holger Wansing wrote: >> > Thorsten Glaser <[email protected]>: >> >> Could this information (valid unit sufficēs) be added to the dialogue >> >> where the size is entered? Screen space should suffice. >> [...] >> > CC'ing debian-l10n-english for template review (three identical additions >> > in two packages). > > I found there is another template, which needs to be changed for this. > > Patch attached (especially for review on l10n-english). diff --git a/debian/partman-lvm.templates b/debian/partman-lvm.templates index 509d9a7..63219c0 100644 --- a/debian/partman-lvm.templates +++ b/debian/partman-lvm.templates @@ -376,8 +376,9 @@ Type: string # :sl3: _Description: Logical volume size: Please enter the size of the new logical volume. The size may be entered in the following formats: 10KB (Kilobytes), 10KiB (Kibibytes), 10MB (Megabytes), 10MiB (Mebibytes), 10GB (Gigabytes), 10GiB (Gibibytes), 10TB (Terabytes), 10TiB (Tebibytes). The default unit is Megabytes. ^^^^^^^^^^ I wonder if this last word is a typo and should say Gigabytes? (if not please consider changing the installer default - no-one is going to be happy to have accidentally made a MB-sized partition!) I reads OK as-is, but to avoid repetition of 'enter the size' you could start the second sentence with something like "You can use the following formats:"