Bug#526768: freebsd-utils: [debconf_rewrite] Debconf templates and debian/control review
Package: freebsd-utils
Version: N/A
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Dear Debian maintainer,
On Tuesday, April 14, 2009, I notified you of the beginning of a review process
concerning debconf templates for freebsd-utils.
The debian-l10n-english contributors have now reviewed these templates,
and the proposed changes are attached to this bug report.
Please review the suggested changes, and if you have any
objections, let me know in the next 3 days.
However, please try to avoid uploading freebsd-utils with these changes
right now.
The second phase of this process will begin on Wednesday, May 06, 2009, when I will
coordinate updates to translations of debconf templates.
The existing translators will be notified of the changes: they will
receive an updated PO file for their language.
Simultaneously, a general call for new translations will be sent to
the debian-i18n mailing list.
Both these calls for translations will request updates to be sent as
individual bug reports. That will probably trigger a lot of bug
reports against your package, but these should be easier to deal with.
The call for translation updates and new translations will run until
about Wednesday, May 27, 2009. Please avoid uploading a package with fixed or changed
debconf templates and/or translation updates in the meantime. Of
course, other changes are safe.
Please note that this is an approximative delay, which depends on my
own availability to process this work and is influenced by the fact
that I simultaneously work on many packages.
Around Thursday, May 28, 2009, I will contact you again and will send a final patch
summarizing all the updates (changes to debconf templates,
updates to debconf translations and new debconf translations).
Again, thanks for your attention and cooperation.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.28-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
--- freebsd-utils.old/debian/kbdcontrol.templates 2009-04-14 21:47:59.843981138 +0200
+++ freebsd-utils/debian/kbdcontrol.templates 2009-05-03 14:21:04.917330820 +0200
@@ -1,9 +1,18 @@
+# These templates have been reviewed by the debian-l10n-english
+# team
+#
+# If modifications/additions/rewording are needed, please ask
+# debian-l10n-english@lists.debian.org for advice.
+#
+# Even minor modifications require translation updates and such
+# changes should be coordinated with translators and reviewers.
+
Template: kbdcontrol/keymap
Type: select
Choices: ${choices}
Default: none
Description: Keymap:
- You can choose a keymap in the list.
+ Please choose the keyboard map.
.
- Note: If you don't know, don't select any yet. You can always come back to
+ If in doubt, don't choose any map. You can always come back to
this question with "dpkg-reconfigure kbdcontrol".
--- freebsd-utils.old/debian/module-init-tools.templates 2009-04-14 21:47:59.795981291 +0200
+++ freebsd-utils/debian/module-init-tools.templates 2009-05-03 14:21:07.321331993 +0200
@@ -1,31 +1,40 @@
+# These templates have been reviewed by the debian-l10n-english
+# team
+#
+# If modifications/additions/rewording are needed, please ask
+# debian-l10n-english@lists.debian.org for advice.
+#
+# Even minor modifications require translation updates and such
+# changes should be coordinated with translators and reviewers.
+
Template: module-init-tools/network
Type: multiselect
Choices: ${choices}
_Description: Network card drivers:
- Select the appropiate driver for your network cards. You may select more than
- one driver, or none at all, depending on the number of cards you have.
+ Please select drivers for this machine's network card(s). You may select more than
+ one driver, or none at all, depending on the number of cards installed in the machine.
.
- Note: You most likely don't need any, since default kernels currently include
- builtin support for many NICs. You can always come back to this question later
+ You most likely don't need any, since the default kernels currently include
+ built-in support for most network cards. You can always come back to this question later
with "dpkg-reconfigure module-init-tools".
Template: module-init-tools/sound
Type: multiselect
Choices: ${choices}
_Description: Sound card drivers:
- Select the appropiate driver for your sound cards. You may select more than
- one driver, or none at all, depending on the number of cards you have.
+ Please select drivers for this machine's sound card(s). You may select more than
+ one driver, or none at all, depending on the number of cards installed in the machine.
.
- Note: If you don't know, don't select any yet. Later, you can use the
- snd_probe command to find it out. You can always come back to this question
+ If in doubt, leave this field empty. The "snd_probe" command may be used
+ later to identify the sound card(s). You can always come back to this question
with "dpkg-reconfigure module-init-tools".
Template: module-init-tools/other
Type: multiselect
Choices: ${choices}
_Description: Other modules:
- Below is a selection of modules that don't fall in either of the previous
- cathegories. Select those you find adequate.
+ Please select the modules needed to properly support this
+ machine's hardware.
.
- Note: If you don't know, don't select any yet. You can always come back to
+ If in doubt, leave this field empty. You can always come back to
this question with "dpkg-reconfigure module-init-tools".
--- freebsd-utils.old/debian/control 2009-04-14 21:47:59.795981291 +0200
+++ freebsd-utils/debian/control 2009-04-30 19:30:11.627037460 +0200
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
Conflicts: inetutils-tools (<= 2:1.4.3+20051212-4)
Replaces: freebsd-hackedutils (<= 6.1-1)
Description: FreeBSD utilities needed for GNU/kFreeBSD
- This package contains FreeBSD utilities needed for GNU/kFreeBSD.
+ This package provides FreeBSD utilities needed for GNU/kFreeBSD.
Package: module-init-tools
Priority: important
@@ -35,15 +35,15 @@
Replaces: kldutils (<< 6.0-2.really.5.4-0.6), freebsd-utils (<= 5.2.1-16),
freebsd-hackedutils (<= 6.1-1), kfreebsd-common (<< 6.1-6)
Description: tools for managing kFreeBSD modules
- This package contains a set of programs for loading, inserting, and
+ This package provides a set of programs for loading, inserting, and
removing kernel modules for kFreeBSD.
Package: kbdcontrol
Architecture: kfreebsd-i386 kfreebsd-amd64
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, debconf
-Description: Command line tool to change keyboard layout
- Original FreeBSD command to set keyboard layout and the FreeBSD possible
- keyboards.
+Description: command-line tool to change FreeBSD keyboard layout
+ This package provides the original FreeBSD command to set keyboard layout,
+ plus the possible FreeBSD keyboards.
Package: net-tools
Section: net
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
Replaces: freebsd-utils (<< 5.4), freebsd-hackedutils (<= 6.1-1)
Description: FreeBSD networking tools
- This package contains the FreeBSD tools needed to manage networking on
+ This package provides the FreeBSD tools needed to manage networking on
GNU/kFreeBSD.
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