Bug#418006: glibc: [debconf_rewrite] Debconf templates review
Package: glibc
Version: N/A
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Dear Debian maintainer,
On Saturday, March 17, 2007, I notified you of the beginning of a review process
concerning debconf templates for glibc.
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 are suggested, and if you have any
objections, let me know in the next 3 days.
Please try to avoid uploading glibc with these changes right now.
The second phase of this process will begin on Monday, April 09, 2007, 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
Saturday, April 21, 2007. Please avoid uploading a package with fixed or changed
debconf templates and/or translation updates in the meantime. Of
course, other changes are safe.
On Sunday, April 22, 2007, 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: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-486
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
--- /home/bubulle/travail/debian/rewrite/LCFC/glibc/glibc.old/debian/debhelper.in/locales.templates 2007-03-21 20:37:07.020790084 +0100
+++ /home/bubulle/travail/debian/rewrite/LCFC/glibc/glibc/debian/debhelper.in/locales.templates 2007-03-25 13:01:11.574421127 +0200
@@ -3,20 +3,14 @@
#flag:translate:1
__Choices: All locales, ${locales}
_Description: Locales to be generated:
- Locale is a framework to switch between multiple languages for users who can
- select to use their language, country, characters, collation order, etc.
+ Locales are a framework to switch between multiple languages and
+ allow users to use their language, country, characters, collation
+ order, etc.
.
- Choose which locales to generate. The selection will be saved to
- `/etc/locale.gen', which you can also edit manually (you need to run
- `locale-gen' afterwards).
- .
- When `All locales' is selected, /etc/locale.gen will be set as a symlink to
- /usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED.
- .
- UTF-8 locales should be chosen by default. If you are a performing a
- new installation, or are unsure which character set to use, UTF-8 is
- usually the best choice. Other character sets are useful for
- backwards compatibility with older systems and software.
+ Please choose which locales to generate. UTF-8 locales should be
+ chosen by default, particularly for new installations. Other
+ character sets may be useful for backwards compatibility with older
+ systems and software.
Template: locales/default_environment_locale
Type: select
@@ -25,11 +19,9 @@
Default: None
_Description: Default locale for the system environment:
Many packages in Debian use locales to display text in the correct
- language for users. You can change the default locale if you're not
- a native English speaker.
- These choices are based on which locales you have chosen to generate.
+ language for the user. You can choose a default locale for the system
+ from the generated locales.
.
- Note: This will select the language for your whole system. If you're
- running a multi-user system where not all of your users speak the language
- of your choice, then they will run into difficulties and you might want
- not to set a default locale.
+ This will select the default language for the entire system. If this
+ system is a multi-user system where not all users are able to speak
+ the default language, they will experience difficulties.
--- /home/bubulle/travail/debian/rewrite/LCFC/glibc/glibc.old/debian/control 2007-03-21 20:37:06.928789408 +0100
+++ /home/bubulle/travail/debian/rewrite/LCFC/glibc/glibc/debian/control 2007-04-05 06:53:07.196692558 +0200
@@ -38,10 +38,11 @@
C library for localization (l10n) and internationalization (i18n) support.
.
This package contains the libc.mo i18n files, plus tools to generate
- locale definitions from source files (included in this package). It allows
- you to customize which definitions actually get generated. This is a
- savings over how this package used to be, where all locales were generated
- by default. This created a package that unpacked to an excess of 30 megs.
+ locale definitions from source files (included in this package). It
+ allows you to customize which definitions actually get
+ generated. This is a space-saver over how this package used to be,
+ with all locales generated by default. This created a package that
+ unpacked to an excess of 30 megs.
Package: locales-all
Architecture: any
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@
Description: GNU C Library: Libraries with debugging symbols
Contains unstripped shared libraries.
This package is provided primarily to provide a backtrace with
- names in a debugger, this makes it somewhat easier to interpret core
+ names in a debugger, which makes it somewhat easier to interpret core
dumps. The libraries are installed in /usr/lib/debug and can be
used by placing that directory in LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
Most people will not need this package.
@@ -166,7 +167,7 @@
Description: GNU C Library: Libraries with debugging symbols
Contains unstripped shared libraries.
This package is provided primarily to provide a backtrace with
- names in a debugger, this makes it somewhat easier to interpret core
+ names in a debugger, which makes it somewhat easier to interpret core
dumps. The libraries are installed in /usr/lib/debug and can be
used by placing that directory in LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
Most people will not need this package.
@@ -237,7 +238,7 @@
Description: GNU C Library: Libraries with debugging symbols
Contains unstripped shared libraries.
This package is provided primarily to provide a backtrace with
- names in a debugger, this makes it somewhat easier to interpret core
+ names in a debugger, which makes it somewhat easier to interpret core
dumps. The libraries are installed in /usr/lib/debug and can be
used by placing that directory in LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
Most people will not need this package.
@@ -308,7 +309,7 @@
Description: GNU C Library: Libraries with debugging symbols
Contains unstripped shared libraries.
This package is provided primarily to provide a backtrace with
- names in a debugger, this makes it somewhat easier to interpret core
+ names in a debugger, which makes it somewhat easier to interpret core
dumps. The libraries are installed in /usr/lib/debug and can be
used by placing that directory in LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
Most people will not need this package.
@@ -557,7 +558,7 @@
the system. This package includes shared versions of the standard C
library and the standard math library, as well as many others.
.
- This set of libraries are optimized for the Xen hypervisor, and will be
+ This set of libraries is optimized for the Xen hypervisor, and will be
selected instead when running under Xen.
Package: libc0.1-i686
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