Bug#793937: [LCFC2] templates://libdvd-pkg/{templates}

[Dmitry Smirnov]

Hi Justin,

On Sunday 23 August 2015 22:51:53 Justin B Rye wrote:
> Dmitry Smirnov wrote:
> > The only thing which makes me feel uncomfortable about this version is
> > "doing downloads" in
> > 
> >  This package automates the process of doing downloads of the source
> 
> Hmm, "do" can often be a bit weak, if that's what you mean...

I mean "process of (doing|launching|performing) downloads" feels heavy and 
unnecessary... Why not just "process of downloading"?


> That has an excess "of (the)", and it loses the plural instances of
> downloads (plural runs automatically produce plural output packages,
> so you can recycle this text for other downloaders regardless of how
> many packages they produce per run).  Oh, and you've lost a Harvard
> comma again and put the "deb" back in after I thought we'd agreed to
> take it out!

Sorry about those unintentional changes. I simply missed all that on manual 
merge...


> Would you be any happier with a version that just replaces "doing"
> with something less weak, like "performing" or "launching"?

I reckon "performing" might be the best for this context but still I'm not 
convinced if it is necessary...

What do you think of

>    This package automates the process of downloading source
>    files for ${PKGG} from videolan.org, compiling them, and installing the
>    binary packages (${PKGG_ALL}).

-- 
Best wishes,
 Dmitry Smirnov

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