GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 325569
Use of "mails" in strings is very awkward
Last modified: 2013-09-13 00:53:37 UTC
The word "mails" appears in a number of places in Evolution, and it probably shouldn't. It's not a replacment for "mail" or "e-mail" that I've ever seen anywhere else. I strongly recommend changing "mails" to a more typical word. #: ../plugins/bbdb/org-gnome-evolution-bbdb.eplug.xml.h:2 msgid "" "Automatically fills your addressbook with names and email addresses as you " "reply to mails. Also fills in IM contact information from your buddy lists." (change "mails" to "messages") #: ../plugins/exchange-operations/org-gnome-exchange-operations.error.xml.h:68 msgid "You are nearing your quota available for storing mails on this server." (change "mails" to "mail") #: ../plugins/exchange-operations/org-gnome-exchange-operations.error.xml.h:70 msgid "You have exceeded your quota for storing mails on this server." (change "mails" to "mail") #: ../plugins/exchange-operations/org-gnome-exchange-operations.error.xml.h:72 msgid "" "Your current usage is: {0}KB. Try to clear up some space by deleting some " "mails." (change "mails" to "mail") #: ../plugins/exchange-operations/org-gnome-exchange-operations.error.xml.h:72 msgid "" "Your current usage is: {0}KB. Try to clear up some space by deleting some " "mails." (change "mails" to "mail") #: ../plugins/exchange-operations/org-gnome-exchange-operations.error.xml.h:73 msgid "" "Your current usage is: {0}KB. You will not be able to either send or recieve " "mails now." (change "mails" to "mail") #: ../plugins/exchange-operations/org-gnome-exchange-operations.error.xml.h:74 msgid "" "Your current usage is: {0}KB. You will not be able to send mails till you " "clear up some space by deleting some mails." (not only do the "mails" need to be changed, but "till" is slang and needs to be changed. I'd replace the second sentence with "You will not be able to send mail until you clear up space by deleting some mail.") : ../plugins/prefer-plain/org-gnome-prefer-plain.eplug.xml.h:1 msgid "" "A test plugin which demonstrates a formatter plugin which lets you choose to " "disable HTML mails.\n" "\n" "This plugin is unsupported demonstration code only.\n" (change "mails" to "emails")
adding string keyword. adam, thanks for collecting this. harish, you can assign this to me if you like and share adam's opinion.
dave_largo said the same on irc so confirming this.
i changed "mails" to "mail", "emails" or "messages" as you suggested: http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/evolution/plugins/prefer-plain/org-gnome-prefer-plain.eplug.xml?r1=1.2&r2=1.3 http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/evolution/plugins/exchange-operations/org-gnome-exchange-operations.error.xml?r1=1.8&r2=1.9 http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/evolution/plugins/bbdb/org-gnome-evolution-bbdb.eplug.xml?r1=1.2&r2=1.3 fixes will be included in evo2.5.6. thanks for taking the time to report this.