Please find, for review, the debconf templates and packages descriptions for the sysstat source package.
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Rationale:
--- sysstat-8.1.7.old/debian/sysstat.templates 2009-01-14 06:14:29.597809668 +0100
+++ sysstat-8.1.7/debian/sysstat.templates 2009-01-16 08:18:35.677977043 +0100
@@ -1,26 +1,25 @@
Template: sysstat/remove_files
Type: boolean
Default: true
-_Description: Do you want post-installation script to remove these data files?
- Format of daily data statistics files has changed in version ${s_version}
- of sysstat and is *not* compatible with the previous one!
+_Description: Remove old format statistics data files?
+ The format of daily data statistics files has changed in version ${s_version}
+ of sysstat and is not compatible with the previous one.
One cannot use "these" which might look weird when the long
description comes *after* the short one (which may happen in some
interfaces).
Therefore, I suggest simplificating things alightly.
"Format" --> "The format", in the hope this is not too French
Drop the exclamation mark and just remain factual.
.
- If you activate this option, any existing data files in /var/log/sysstat/
+ If you choose this option, all existing data files in /var/log/sysstat/
directory will be deleted.
I think the option is not "activated" here but rather chosen (this is a
one-shot question).
any->all (personal taste...still undure, though).
.
- If you don't want to remove them automatically, please remove them by hand later,
- in order for the sar command to work properly.
+ If you don't choose this option, the sar(1) command will not work properly
+ until you remove the files manually.
Again use "choose this option".
Template: sysstat/enable
Type: boolean
Default: false
_Description: Do you want to activate sysstat's cron job?
- If this option is enabled the sysstat package will collect (using the cron
- daemon and init.d script) binary data concerning system activities and store
- them in log files within /var/log/sysstat/ directory.
+ The sysstat package can collect, through a cron
+ job and a daemon launched during system's initialization, binary data concerning system activities. This data is then stored
+ in log files located in the /var/log/sysstat/ directory.
.
- With this data the sar(1) command will be able to display day-long system
- statistics.
+ This data allows displaying long term system statistics with the sar(1) command.
Rewrite, mostly for personal taste.
.
- If you don't enable this option, the sar(1) command will show only the
+ If you don't enable this option, the sar(1) command will only show the
current statistics.
--- sysstat-8.1.7.old/debian/control 2009-01-14 06:14:29.597809668 +0100
+++ sysstat-8.1.7/debian/control 2009-01-17 19:11:52.013147129 +0100
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@
Recommends: cron
Suggests: isag
Conflicts: atsar (<< 1.5-3)
-Description: sar, iostat and mpstat - system performance tools for Linux
+Description: system performance tools for Linux
Enumerating the provided commands needs doing a choice of which to
mention. Better stay description, imho.
The sysstat package contains the following system performance tools:
- * sar - collects and reports system activity information;
- * iostat - reports CPU utilization and I/O statistics for disks;
- * mpstat - reports global and per-processor statistics;
- * pidstat - reports statistics for Linux tasks (processes);
- * sadf - displays data collected by sar in various formats.
+ - sar: collects and reports system activity information;
+ - iostat: reports CPU utilization and I/O statistics for disks;
+ - mpstat: reports global and per-processor statistics;
+ - pidstat: reports statistics for Linux tasks (processes);
+ - sadf: displays data collected by sar in various formats.
Standard enumeration method.
.
The statistics reported by sar concern I/O transfer rates,
paging activity, process-related activities, interrupts,
--
Template: sysstat/remove_files
Type: boolean
Default: true
_Description: Remove old format statistics data files?
The format of daily data statistics files has changed in version ${s_version}
of sysstat and is not compatible with the previous one.
.
If you choose this option, all existing data files in /var/log/sysstat/
directory will be deleted.
.
If you don't choose this option, the sar(1) command will not work properly
until you remove the files manually.
Template: sysstat/enable
Type: boolean
Default: false
_Description: Do you want to activate sysstat's cron job?
The sysstat package can collect, through a cron
job and a daemon launched during system's initialization, binary data concerning system activities. This data is then stored
in log files located in the /var/log/sysstat/ directory.
.
This data allows displaying long term system statistics with the sar(1) command.
.
If you don't enable this option, the sar(1) command will only show the
current statistics.
Source: sysstat
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Maintainer: Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org>
Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 6), gettext
Standards-Version: 3.8.0
Package: sysstat
Architecture: any
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, ucf (>= 2.003), lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), bzip2
Recommends: cron
Suggests: isag
Conflicts: atsar (<< 1.5-3)
Description: system performance tools for Linux
The sysstat package contains the following system performance tools:
- sar: collects and reports system activity information;
- iostat: reports CPU utilization and I/O statistics for disks;
- mpstat: reports global and per-processor statistics;
- pidstat: reports statistics for Linux tasks (processes);
- sadf: displays data collected by sar in various formats.
.
The statistics reported by sar concern I/O transfer rates,
paging activity, process-related activities, interrupts,
network activity, memory and swap space utilization, CPU
utilization, kernel activities and TTY statistics, among
others. Both UP and SMP machines are fully supported.
Homepage: http://pagesperso-orange.fr/sebastien.godard/
Package: isag
Architecture: all
Depends: sysstat (>= ${source:Version}), tk8.5|wish, gnuplot-x11, ${misc:Depends}
Suggests: rcs
Description: Interactive System Activity Grapher for sysstat
This package includes the isag command, which graphically displays the
system activity data stored in a binary data produced by a sar command
from a sysstat package.
Homepage: http://pagesperso-orange.fr/sebastien.godard/
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