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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