Bug#668475: [exim4] imprecise French translation of Debconf template dc_smarthost reference to README files

[Andreas Metzler]

On 2012-04-12 Filipus Klutiero <chealer at gmail.com> wrote:
> Package: exim4
> Version: 4.77-1
> Severity: minor

> exim4/dc_smarthost reads:

>> Please enter the IP address or the host name of a mail server that
>> this system should use as outgoing smarthost. If the smarthost
>> only accepts your mail on a port different from TCP/25, append two
>> colons and the port number (for example smarthost.example::587 or
>> 192.168.254.254::2525). Colons in IPv6 addresses need to be
>> doubled.
>> 
>> If the smarthost requires authentication, please refer to the
>> Debian-specific README files in /usr/share/doc/exim4-base for
>> notes about setting up SMTP authentication.
>> 
>> IP address or host name of the outgoing smarthost:

> The second paragraph's translation to French is:
>> Si le serveur « smarthost » impose une authentification vous
>> devriez consulter les fichiers « README » dans
>> /usr/share/doc/exim4-base pour plus d'informations sur
>> l'authentification SMTP.

> Which means:

>> If the smarthost requires authentication, please refer to the
>> README files in /usr/share/doc/exim4-base for notes about setting
>> up SMTP authentication.

> The translation fails to specify it's only those README files which
> are Debian-specific that should be used. This would have the
> original's precision:

>> Si le serveur « smarthost » impose une authentification, vous
>> devriez consulter les fichiers « README » spécifiques à Debian
>> dans /usr/share/doc/exim4-base pour plus d'informations sur
>> l'authentification SMTP.

> It also adds a comma.

Hello French translators,

could you please comment on the bug report above? Shall we make the
suggested change?

Thanks in advance, cu andreas

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