Re: [PATCH 00/10] Factorization of messages with similar meaning

Johannes Sixt [off-list ref] writes:

Am 05.12.21 um 18:25 schrieb Jean-Noël AVILA:

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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"?

Sounds good.  Or perhaps "X cannot be used with Y", which may be
even shorter and is still clear what it wants to say.

    X and Y are incompatible.
    X and Y cannot be used together.
    X cannot be used with Y.