From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2021 19:50:13 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/10] Factorization of messages with similar meaning
Message-ID: <96b2d1c2-895d-6196-df8d-ee1e9b6107ce@kdbg.org>
In-Reply-To: <8718669.4XknugNGDb@cayenne>

Am 05.12.21 um 18:25 schrieb Jean-Noël AVILA:
> If needed, "%s and %s are mutually exclusive" could be turned into
> "options %s and %s are mutually exclusive" to make it clear that the
> placeholders can only hold option names.

IMO, being less terse helps not only translators, but also users.

Regarding this particular message, personally, I am not a fan of
"mutually exclusive" (sounds like it's been taken from a law text). How
about "options ... are incompatible" or "... cannot be used together"?

-- Hannes