A significant grammar error/unclear wording is used in an error pop-up.

Bug #1279344 reported by David C Williams
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Bug Description

The pop-up in question is:

gdebi-gtk

"Only one software management tool is allowed to run at the same time."

This should clearly be changed to:

"Only one software management tool is allowed to run at a time."

OR

"Multiple software management tools cannot be run at the same time."

1) Version: Linux Mint 16, 64-bit
2) Reproduce pop-up by manually launching a package installer while another is running.

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David C Williams (davidcwilliams) wrote :
John Kim (kotux)
description: updated
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Hans Joachim Desserud (hjd) wrote :

I get the same error message when another package management tool is running in the background with gdebi 0.9.3 on Ubuntu Trusty.

Changed in gdebi (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
tags: added: bitesize string-fix trusty
Changed in gdebi (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
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Jeffrey Flaker (jflaker) wrote :

In my opinion, any error meesage should be in the positive.

I would reccomend "Only one software management tool is allowed to run at a time."

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Hans Joachim Desserud (hjd) wrote :

The message is unchanged in gdebi 0.9.5.7+nmu3 on Ubuntu Groovy.

tags: added: bionic focal groovy xenial
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