Re: [Tails-dev] [PATCH] Fix incorrect usage of "discrete"

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Oh sweet! I didn't know.

Thanks for improving my English.

I applied your patch to our stable branch and credited you:

https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/commit/3e58335ef00c88d9d0d64958fefed8e0a66f7476

Steve Dougherty via Tails-dev:
> This doesn't retroactively fix news posts. Via Wiktionary:
>
> discrete (comparative more discrete, superlative most discrete)
>
>    1. Separate; distinct; individual; non-continuous.

>
>         a government with three discrete divisions

>
>    2. That can be perceived individually, not as connected to, or part of, something else.

>
> discreet (comparative more discreet or discreeter, superlative most discreet or discreetest)
>
>    1. Respectful of privacy or secrecy; exercising caution in order to
>       avoid causing embarrassment; quiet; diplomatic.

>
>         With a discreet gesture, she reminded him to mind his manners.

>
>         John just doesn't understand that laughing at Mary all day is not
>         very discreet.

>
>    2. Not drawing attention, anger or challenge; inconspicuous.

>
> Although cognate and identical in the Middle English period, the term
> has become distinct from discrete.
> ---
>   config/chroot_local-includes/usr/share/tails/tca/main.ui.in | 2 +-
>   po/tails.pot                                                | 2 +-
>   wiki/src/doc/anonymous_internet/tor.mdwn                    | 4 ++--
>   3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

>
> diff --git a/config/chroot_local-includes/usr/share/tails/tca/main.ui.in b/config/chroot_local-includes/usr/share/tails/tca/main.ui.in
> index f77be556cd..59ca2b8e5b 100644
> --- a/config/chroot_local-includes/usr/share/tails/tca/main.ui.in
> +++ b/config/chroot_local-includes/usr/share/tails/tca/main.ui.in
> @@ -1498,7 +1498,7 @@ Choose this option if you already know that you need a bridge. Otherwise, Tails
>               <property name="margin-top">12</property>
>               <property name="label" translatable="yes">Tails will only connect to Tor after you configured a Tor bridge. Bridges are secret Tor relays that hide that you are connecting to Tor.

>
> -Our team is doing its best to help you connect to Tor using the most discrete types of Tor bridges.
> +Our team is doing its best to help you connect to Tor using the most discreet types of Tor bridges.
>
>   You will have to do extra configuration if you don't know any Tor bridges yet, if you connect from a public Wi-Fi network, or if you are in the Eastern Hemisphere.</property>
>               <property name="use-markup">True</property>
> diff --git a/po/tails.pot b/po/tails.pot
> index 82f80aaa9f..29b9a2243a 100644
> --- a/po/tails.pot
> +++ b/po/tails.pot
> @@ -3000,7 +3000,7 @@ msgid ""
>   "are secret Tor relays that hide that you are connecting to Tor.\n"
>   "\n"
>   "Our team is doing its best to help you connect to Tor using the most "
> -"discrete types of Tor bridges.\n"
> +"discreet types of Tor bridges.\n"
>   "\n"
>   "You will have to do extra configuration if you don't know any Tor bridges "
>   "yet, if you connect from a public Wi-Fi network, or if you are in the "
> diff --git a/wiki/src/doc/anonymous_internet/tor.mdwn b/wiki/src/doc/anonymous_internet/tor.mdwn
> index a8c2e4f16d..96741a60a6 100644
> --- a/wiki/src/doc/anonymous_internet/tor.mdwn
> +++ b/wiki/src/doc/anonymous_internet/tor.mdwn
> @@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ of exit nodes of the Tor network</a> is public.</p>

>
> </div>
>
> -Our team is doing its best to help you connect to Tor using the most discrete
> +Our team is doing its best to help you connect to Tor using the most discreet
> types of Tor bridges. That is why, when you decide to hide that you are connecting to Tor:
>
>   <!-- Mention captive portal detection here once we have #5785 -->
> @@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ types of Tor bridges. That is why, when you decide to hide that you are connecti
>        Even someone who knows your bridge cannot know what you are doing online
>        from Tails.

>
> -- You can only use the types of bridges that our team considers discrete enough.
> +- You can only use the types of bridges that our team considers discreet enough.
>
>     Currently in Tails, only *obfs4* bridges hide that you are using Tor.

>
>
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