Bug#218209: grub-installer: Debconf templates polishing
Package: grub-installer
Severity: normal
Tags: patch d-i
The following proposed changes to debconf templates would make them more
compliant to the proposed "Debconf Templates Style Guide" recently proposed
for discussion.
-_Description: On which device should GRUB be installed?
+_Description: Device for boot loader installation:
Same proposal for aboot-installer. This is a string template, so opened
prompting.
-_Description: Unable to install grub in /target/. Continue anyway?
- The grub package failed to install into /target/. It is required to
- install GRUB as a boot loader. The install problem might be unrelated to
- grub, and it might work to continue anyway.
+_Description: GRUB installation failed. Continue anyway?
+ The grub package failed to install into /target/. Installing GRUB
+ as a boot loader is a required step. The install problem might however be
+ unrelated to GRUB, so continuing the installation may be possible.
Shorter question. A full phrase makes the translators work too difficult.
Moreover, here the short description should give a general idea of what
happened and the extended description give details.
s/grub/GRUB for coherency, except when we talk about the package name.
Repeated in some other places.
Template: grub-installer/grub-install-failed
-Type: note
+Type: error
As far as I have understood, error messages should use the "error" type.
Template: grub-installer/update-grub-failed
-Type: note
+Type: error
Ditto.
Template: debian-installer/grub-installer/title
Type: text
# Main menu item
-_Description: Install GRUB on a hard disk
+_Description: Install GRUB boot loader on a hard disk
Well, more detailed and informative, imho.....
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux mykerinos 2.4.22 #2 Mon Sep 29 15:12:10 CEST 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (ignored: LC_ALL set to fr_FR.UTF-8)
--- templates.ori 2003-10-29 18:39:12.000000000 +0100
+++ templates 2003-10-29 19:31:28.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
Template: grub-installer/bootdev
Type: string
Default: (hd0)
-_Description: On which device should GRUB be installed?
+_Description: Device for boot loader installation:
GRUB needs to install the stage 1 boot loader on a bootable device. This
is usually the first hard drive. Note that GRUB counts devices differently
than the Linux kernel, so the first one is usually '(hd0)'. Leave this at
@@ -10,21 +10,21 @@
Template: grub-installer/apt-install-failed
Type: boolean
Default: yes
-_Description: Unable to install grub in /target/. Continue anyway?
- The grub package failed to install into /target/. It is required to
- install GRUB as a boot loader. The install problem might be unrelated to
- grub, and it might work to continue anyway.
+_Description: GRUB installation failed. Continue anyway?
+ The grub package failed to install into /target/. Installing GRUB
+ as a boot loader is a required step. The install problem might however be
+ unrelated to GRUB, so continuing the installation may be possible.
Template: grub-installer/grub-install-failed
-Type: note
-_Description: Unable to install grub in ${BOOTDEV}
+Type: error
+_Description: Unable to install GRUB in ${BOOTDEV}
Executing 'grub-install ${BOOTDEV}' failed.
.
This is a fatal error.
Template: grub-installer/update-grub-failed
-Type: note
-_Description: Unable to configure grub
+Type: error
+_Description: Unable to configure GRUB
Executing 'update-grub' failed.
.
This is a fatal error.
@@ -56,4 +56,4 @@
Template: debian-installer/grub-installer/title
Type: text
# Main menu item
-_Description: Install GRUB on a hard disk
+_Description: Install GRUB boot loader on a hard disk
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