Please find, for review, the debconf templates and packages descriptions for the zabbix source package. This review will last from Thursday, February 05, 2009 to Sunday, February 15, 2009. Please send reviews as unified diffs (diff -u) against the original files. Comments about your proposed changes will be appreciated. Your review should be sent as an answer to this mail. When appropriate, I will send intermediate requests for review, with "[RFRn]" (n>=2) as a subject tag. When we will reach a consensus, I send a "Last Chance For Comments" mail with "[LCFC]" as a subject tag. Finally, the reviewed templates will be sent to the package maintainer as a bug report, and a mail will be sent to this list with "[BTS]" as a subject tag. Rationale: --- zabbix.old/debian/zabbix-agent.templates 2009-01-28 08:28:42.790033979 +0100 +++ zabbix/debian/zabbix-agent.templates 2009-02-05 07:23:54.110068256 +0100 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Template: zabbix-agent/server Type: string _Description: Zabbix server host address: - Please enter the host name or the address of the Zabbix server you + Please enter the host name or IP address of the Zabbix server you want to connect to. "What address"? :-) So, let's make it clear this is the IP address... --- zabbix.old/debian/zabbix-frontend-php.templates 2009-01-28 08:28:42.715678539 +0100 +++ zabbix/debian/zabbix-frontend-php.templates 2009-02-05 07:24:20.422068206 +0100 @@ -1,15 +1,20 @@ Template: zabbix-frontend-php/reconfigure-webserver Type: multiselect -_Choices: apache, apache-ssl, apache-perl, apache2 +Choices: apache, apache-ssl, apache-perl, apache2 Default: apache, apache-ssl, apache-perl, apache2 -_Description: Webserver Reconfiguration: - Zabbix supports any web server that php4 does, but this automatic - configuration process only supports Apache. Please select which - apache version you want to configure the Zabbix frontend for. +_Description: Web server to reconfigure for zabbix: + Zabbix supports any web server supported by PHP4, however only + Apache can be configured automatically. + . + Please select which Apache version you want to configure the Zabbix + frontend for. Unmake choices for translation: they're untranslatable. Rewritten with out usual wording. However, such choice is outdated. apache, apache-perl and apache-ssl do not longer exist in lenny, so I think that this template should be removed. Template: zabbix-frontend-php/restart-webserver Type: boolean Default: true -_Description: Would you like to restart your webserver(s) now? - Remember that in order to apply the changes your webserver(s) has/have to - be restarted. +_Description: Restart the web server(s) now? + In order to apply the changes needed for Zabbix configuration, the + web server needs to be restarted. + . + Please choose whether you prefer doing it automatically now + or manually later. "web server" This is not necessarily "my" web server. It can be my company's web server or whatever. For such reason, we recommend "unpersonnalizing" templates (and any other documentation, indeed). Other changes are our usual wording for such templates... --- zabbix.old/debian/control 2009-01-28 08:28:42.777882724 +0100 +++ zabbix/debian/control 2009-02-05 07:38:26.190055227 +0100 @@ -11,25 +11,22 @@ Package: zabbix-agent Architecture: any Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, adduser, logrotate, ucf -Description: software for monitoring of your networks -- agent - Zabbix is an all-in-one 24x7 free monitoring solution for both - commercial and non-commercial use. +Description: network monitoring software - agent Unpersonnalize Use the right word order Use the commonly accepted way to write synopsis with a constant part and a specific part + Zabbix is an all-in-one 24x7 free monitoring solution. "for both commercial and non-commercial use" has no meaning when software is provided in Debian. So, let's dropped that part copied from upstream (I think). . - Zabbix can be installed on any UNIX platform. It acts as server that + It acts as server that monitors client systems running on different platforms as well as other - Network devices. The Software can be used for: + network devices. Among many features, it can be used for: Ditto for "on any UNIX platform" Drop overcapitalization "Among many features" will alow us to drop "and many more" later.... . - o high level monitoring of IT Services - o centralised monitoring of your servers and applications - o monitoring of SNMP-enabled devices - o performance monitoring (process load, network activity, disk - activity, memory usage, OS parameters etc.) - o data visualization + - high level monitoring of IT Services + - centralised monitoring of your servers and applications; + - monitoring of SNMP-enabled devices; + - performance monitoring (process load, network activity, disk + activity, memory usage, OS parameters etc.); + - data visualization. Standardized enumeration.... . - and much more. - . - This package provides all binaries which are needed to integrate - a System as zabbix client. + This package provides all binaries which are needed on an host + monitored by a Zabbix server. Drop overcapitalization. Reformulate to what I think to be better. Package: zabbix-server-mysql Other binary packages have the same changes with a constant boilerplate common to all of them. Only the package descriptions and the final paragraph (or two paragraphs) remain specific. I won't comment changes made in the boilerplate again, of course. Only those specific to individual packages. @@ -38,27 +35,25 @@ Recommends: mysql-server (>= 4.0.16-2), snmpd Suggests: zabbix-frontend-php Conflicts: zabbix-server-pgsql -Description: software for monitoring of your networks -- server - Zabbix is an all-in-one 24x7, free monitoring solution for both - commercial and non-commercial use. - . - Zabbix can be installed on any UNIX platform. It acts as server - that monitors client systems running on different platforms as - well as other Network devices. The Software can be used for: - . - o high level monitoring of IT Services - o centralised monitoring of your servers and applications - o monitoring of SNMP-enabled devices - o performance monitoring (process load, network activity, disk - activity, memory usage, OS parameters etc.) - o data visualization - . - and much more. - . - This Package provides all binaries which are needed to run an - Zabbix Server. The Server collects all Informations of your Zabbix - Client Systems and stores them in an DBMS. This Package is compiled - with MySQL support. +Description: network monitoring software - server with MySQL backend Make it clear that this server flavor supports MySQL. This way, the package description is different from the one of the PostgreSQM flavor. + This package provides all binaries which are needed to run a + Zabbix server. The server collects informations from Zabbix + clients and stores them in a database. That paragraph will be common to the two server packages.... + . + This package supports MySQL as database backend for Zabbix. And that one is specific to the MySQL flavor... Parallel changes for the PostgreSQL package... Package: zabbix-frontend-php .../... +Description: network monitoring software - PHP frontend Properly capitalize PHP. + This package provides the PHP frontend to the Zabbix server. + It allows displaying informations collected from client by + using graphs. Let's make it as simple as possible.... +Description: network monitoring software - proxy server with PostgreSQL backend Other changes are all inline with the "standard" server packages. However, something important seems to be missing: what the hell is a "proxy server"? Nothing in the description is giving a clue about it. What's the difference with a "standard" server. These are questions that need to be addressed in the packages descriptions, IMHO.
Template: zabbix-agent/server Type: string _Description: Zabbix server host address: Please enter the host name or IP address of the Zabbix server you want to connect to.
Template: zabbix-frontend-php/reconfigure-webserver Type: multiselect Choices: apache, apache-ssl, apache-perl, apache2 Default: apache, apache-ssl, apache-perl, apache2 _Description: Web server to reconfigure for zabbix: Zabbix supports any web server supported by PHP4, however only Apache can be configured automatically. . Please select which Apache version you want to configure the Zabbix frontend for. Template: zabbix-frontend-php/restart-webserver Type: boolean Default: true _Description: Restart the web server(s) now? In order to apply the changes needed for Zabbix configuration, the web server needs to be restarted. . Please choose whether you prefer doing it automatically now or manually later.
--- zabbix.old/debian/zabbix-agent.templates 2009-01-28 08:28:42.790033979 +0100 +++ zabbix/debian/zabbix-agent.templates 2009-02-05 07:23:54.110068256 +0100 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Template: zabbix-agent/server Type: string _Description: Zabbix server host address: - Please enter the host name or the address of the Zabbix server you + Please enter the host name or IP address of the Zabbix server you want to connect to. --- zabbix.old/debian/zabbix-frontend-php.templates 2009-01-28 08:28:42.715678539 +0100 +++ zabbix/debian/zabbix-frontend-php.templates 2009-02-05 07:24:20.422068206 +0100 @@ -1,15 +1,20 @@ Template: zabbix-frontend-php/reconfigure-webserver Type: multiselect -_Choices: apache, apache-ssl, apache-perl, apache2 +Choices: apache, apache-ssl, apache-perl, apache2 Default: apache, apache-ssl, apache-perl, apache2 -_Description: Webserver Reconfiguration: - Zabbix supports any web server that php4 does, but this automatic - configuration process only supports Apache. Please select which - apache version you want to configure the Zabbix frontend for. +_Description: Web server to reconfigure for zabbix: + Zabbix supports any web server supported by PHP4, however only + Apache can be configured automatically. + . + Please select which Apache version you want to configure the Zabbix + frontend for. Template: zabbix-frontend-php/restart-webserver Type: boolean Default: true -_Description: Would you like to restart your webserver(s) now? - Remember that in order to apply the changes your webserver(s) has/have to - be restarted. +_Description: Restart the web server(s) now? + In order to apply the changes needed for Zabbix configuration, the + web server needs to be restarted. + . + Please choose whether you prefer doing it automatically now + or manually later. --- zabbix.old/debian/control 2009-01-28 08:28:42.777882724 +0100 +++ zabbix/debian/control 2009-02-05 07:45:02.214055307 +0100 @@ -11,25 +11,22 @@ Package: zabbix-agent Architecture: any Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, adduser, logrotate, ucf -Description: software for monitoring of your networks -- agent - Zabbix is an all-in-one 24x7 free monitoring solution for both - commercial and non-commercial use. +Description: network monitoring software - agent + Zabbix is an all-in-one 24x7 free monitoring solution. . - Zabbix can be installed on any UNIX platform. It acts as server that + It acts as server that monitors client systems running on different platforms as well as other - Network devices. The Software can be used for: + network devices. Among many features, it can be used for: . - o high level monitoring of IT Services - o centralised monitoring of your servers and applications - o monitoring of SNMP-enabled devices - o performance monitoring (process load, network activity, disk - activity, memory usage, OS parameters etc.) - o data visualization + - high level monitoring of IT Services + - centralised monitoring of your servers and applications; + - monitoring of SNMP-enabled devices; + - performance monitoring (process load, network activity, disk + activity, memory usage, OS parameters etc.); + - data visualization. . - and much more. - . - This package provides all binaries which are needed to integrate - a System as zabbix client. + This package provides all binaries which are needed on an host + monitored by a Zabbix server. Package: zabbix-server-mysql @@ -38,27 +35,25 @@ Recommends: mysql-server (>= 4.0.16-2), snmpd Suggests: zabbix-frontend-php Conflicts: zabbix-server-pgsql -Description: software for monitoring of your networks -- server - Zabbix is an all-in-one 24x7, free monitoring solution for both - commercial and non-commercial use. - . - Zabbix can be installed on any UNIX platform. It acts as server - that monitors client systems running on different platforms as - well as other Network devices. The Software can be used for: - . - o high level monitoring of IT Services - o centralised monitoring of your servers and applications - o monitoring of SNMP-enabled devices - o performance monitoring (process load, network activity, disk - activity, memory usage, OS parameters etc.) - o data visualization - . - and much more. - . - This Package provides all binaries which are needed to run an - Zabbix Server. The Server collects all Informations of your Zabbix - Client Systems and stores them in an DBMS. This Package is compiled - with MySQL support. +Description: network monitoring software - server with MySQL backend + Zabbix is an all-in-one 24x7 free monitoring solution. + . + It acts as server that + monitors client systems running on different platforms as well as other + network devices. Among many features, it can be used for: + . + - high level monitoring of IT Services + - centralised monitoring of your servers and applications; + - monitoring of SNMP-enabled devices; + - performance monitoring (process load, network activity, disk + activity, memory usage, OS parameters etc.); + - data visualization. + . + This package provides all binaries which are needed to run a + Zabbix server. The server collects informations from Zabbix + clients and stores them in a database. + . + This package supports MySQL as database backend for Zabbix. Package: zabbix-server-pgsql Architecture: any @@ -66,105 +61,94 @@ Recommends: postgresql, snmpd Suggests: zabbix-frontend-php Conflicts: zabbix-server-mysql -Description: software for monitoring of your networks -- server - Zabbix is an all-in-one 24x7, free monitoring solution for both - commercial and non-commercial use. - . - Zabbix can be installed on any UNIX platform. It acts as server - that monitors client systems running on different platforms as - well as other Network devices. The Software can be used for: - . - o high level monitoring of IT Services - o centralised monitoring of your servers and applications - o monitoring of SNMP-enabled devices - o performance monitoring (process load, network activity, disk - activity, memory usage, OS parameters etc.) - o data visualization - . - and much more. - . - This Package provides all binaries which are needed to run an - Zabbix Server. The Server collects all Informations of your Zabbix - Client Systems and stores them in an DBMS. This Package is compiled - with PostgreSQL support. +Description: network monitoring software - server with PostgreSQL backend + Zabbix is an all-in-one 24x7 free monitoring solution. + . + It acts as server that + monitors client systems running on different platforms as well as other + network devices. Among many features, it can be used for: + . + - high level monitoring of IT Services + - centralised monitoring of your servers and applications; + - monitoring of SNMP-enabled devices; + - performance monitoring (process load, network activity, disk + activity, memory usage, OS parameters etc.); + - data visualization. + . + This package provides all binaries which are needed to run a + Zabbix server. The server collects informations from Zabbix + clients and stores them in a database. + . + This package supports PostgreSQL as database backend for Zabbix. Package: zabbix-frontend-php Architecture: all Depends: apache2 | httpd, php5, php5-mysql | php5-pgsql, php5-gd, ucf, dbconfig-common (>= 1.8.19), ${misc:Depends} Recommends: zabbix-server-mysql | zabbix-server-pgsql, mysql-server (>= 4.0.16-2) | postgresql -Description: software for monitoring of your servers -- php frontend - Zabbix is an all-in-one 24x7, free monitoring solution for both - commercial and non-commercial use. - . - Zabbix can be installed on any UNIX platform. It acts as server - that monitors client systems running on different platforms as - well as other Network devices. The Software can be used for: - . - o high level monitoring of IT Services - o centralised monitoring of your servers and applications - o monitoring of SNMP-enabled devices - o performance monitoring (process load, network activity, disk - activity, memory usage, OS parameters etc.) - o data visualization - . - and much more. - . - This Package provides the php Frontend to your Zabbix Server - database, which displays the collected Informations of your - Zabbix-Clients using graphs. +Description: network monitoring software - PHP frontend + Zabbix is an all-in-one 24x7 free monitoring solution. + . + It acts as server that + monitors client systems running on different platforms as well as other + network devices. Among many features, it can be used for: + . + - high level monitoring of IT Services + - centralised monitoring of your servers and applications; + - monitoring of SNMP-enabled devices; + - performance monitoring (process load, network activity, disk + activity, memory usage, OS parameters etc.); + - data visualization. + . + This package provides the PHP frontend to the Zabbix server. + It allows displaying informations collected from client by + using graphs. Package: zabbix-proxy-pgsql Architecture: any Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, fping, adduser, dbconfig-common (>= 1.8.19), logrotate Recommends: postgresql Conflicts: zabbix-proxy-mysql -Description: software for monitoring of your networks -- proxy - Zabbix is an all-in-one 24x7, free monitoring solution for both - commercial and non-commercial use. - . - Zabbix can be installed on any UNIX platform. It acts as server - that monitors client systems running on different platforms as - well as other Network devices. The Software can be used for: - . - o high level monitoring of IT Services - o centralised monitoring of your servers and applications - o monitoring of SNMP-enabled devices - o performance monitoring (process load, network activity, disk - activity, memory usage, OS parameters etc.) - o data visualization - . - and much more. - . - This Package provides all binaries which are needed to run a - Zabbix proxy. The Server collects all Informations of your Zabbix - Client Systems and stores them in an DBMS. This Package is compiled - with PostgreSQL support. +Description: network monitoring software - proxy server with PostgreSQL backend + Zabbix is an all-in-one 24x7 free monitoring solution. + . + It acts as server that + monitors client systems running on different platforms as well as other + network devices. Among many features, it can be used for: + . + - high level monitoring of IT Services + - centralised monitoring of your servers and applications; + - monitoring of SNMP-enabled devices; + - performance monitoring (process load, network activity, disk + activity, memory usage, OS parameters etc.); + - data visualization. + . + This package provides all binaries which are needed to run a + Zabbix proxy server. The server collects informations from Zabbix + clients and stores them in a database. + . + This package supports PostgreSQL as database backend for Zabbix. Package: zabbix-proxy-mysql Architecture: any Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, fping, adduser, dbconfig-common (>= 1.8.19), logrotate Recommends: mysql-server (>= 4.0.16-2) Conflicts: zabbix-proxy-pgsql -Description: software for monitoring of your networks -- proxy - Zabbix is an all-in-one 24x7, free monitoring solution for both - commercial and non-commercial use. - . - Zabbix can be installed on any UNIX platform. It acts as server - that monitors client systems running on different platforms as - well as other Network devices. The Software can be used for: - . - o high level monitoring of IT Services - o centralised monitoring of your servers and applications - o monitoring of SNMP-enabled devices - o performance monitoring (process load, network activity, disk - activity, memory usage, OS parameters etc.) - o data visualization - . - and much more. - . - This Package provides all binaries which are needed to run a - Zabbix proxy. The Server collects all Informations of your Zabbix - Client Systems and stores them in an DBMS. This Package is compiled - with MySQL support. - - +Description: network monitoring software - proxy server with MySQL backend + Zabbix is an all-in-one 24x7 free monitoring solution. + . + It acts as server that + monitors client systems running on different platforms as well as other + network devices. Among many features, it can be used for: + . + - high level monitoring of IT Services + - centralised monitoring of your servers and applications; + - monitoring of SNMP-enabled devices; + - performance monitoring (process load, network activity, disk + activity, memory usage, OS parameters etc.); + - data visualization. + . + This package provides all binaries which are needed to run a + Zabbix proxy server. The server collects informations from Zabbix + clients and stores them in a database. + . + This package supports MySQL as database backend for Zabbix.
Source: zabbix Section: net Priority: optional Maintainer: Zabbix Maintainers <kobold-zabbix@debian.org> Uploaders: Fabio Tranchitella <kobold@debian.org>, Michael Ablassmeier <abi@debian.org> Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 5.0.0), libsnmp9-dev | libsnmp-dev, libmysqlclient15-dev, dpatch, automake1.9, po-debconf, libpq-dev, libcurl4-gnutls-dev, libldap2-dev,libiksemel-dev, libopenipmi-dev Standards-Version: 3.8.0 Vcs-Svn: svn://svn.debian.org/svn/collab-maint/deb-maint/zabbix/trunk Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/collab-maint/deb-maint/zabbix/trunk/?op=log Package: zabbix-agent Architecture: any Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, adduser, logrotate, ucf Description: network monitoring software - agent Zabbix is an all-in-one 24x7 free monitoring solution. . It acts as server that monitors client systems running on different platforms as well as other network devices. Among many features, it can be used for: . - high level monitoring of IT Services - centralised monitoring of your servers and applications; - monitoring of SNMP-enabled devices; - performance monitoring (process load, network activity, disk activity, memory usage, OS parameters etc.); - data visualization. . This package provides all binaries which are needed on an host monitored by a Zabbix server. Package: zabbix-server-mysql Architecture: any Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, fping, adduser, dbconfig-common (>= 1.8.19), logrotate Recommends: mysql-server (>= 4.0.16-2), snmpd Suggests: zabbix-frontend-php Conflicts: zabbix-server-pgsql Description: network monitoring software - server with MySQL backend Zabbix is an all-in-one 24x7 free monitoring solution. . It acts as server that monitors client systems running on different platforms as well as other network devices. Among many features, it can be used for: . - high level monitoring of IT Services - centralised monitoring of your servers and applications; - monitoring of SNMP-enabled devices; - performance monitoring (process load, network activity, disk activity, memory usage, OS parameters etc.); - data visualization. . This package provides all binaries which are needed to run a Zabbix server. The server collects informations from Zabbix clients and stores them in a database. . This package supports MySQL as database backend for Zabbix. Package: zabbix-server-pgsql Architecture: any Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, fping, adduser, dbconfig-common (>= 1.8.19), logrotate Recommends: postgresql, snmpd Suggests: zabbix-frontend-php Conflicts: zabbix-server-mysql Description: network monitoring software - server with PostgreSQL backend Zabbix is an all-in-one 24x7 free monitoring solution. . It acts as server that monitors client systems running on different platforms as well as other network devices. Among many features, it can be used for: . - high level monitoring of IT Services - centralised monitoring of your servers and applications; - monitoring of SNMP-enabled devices; - performance monitoring (process load, network activity, disk activity, memory usage, OS parameters etc.); - data visualization. . This package provides all binaries which are needed to run a Zabbix server. The server collects informations from Zabbix clients and stores them in a database. . This package supports PostgreSQL as database backend for Zabbix. Package: zabbix-frontend-php Architecture: all Depends: apache2 | httpd, php5, php5-mysql | php5-pgsql, php5-gd, ucf, dbconfig-common (>= 1.8.19), ${misc:Depends} Recommends: zabbix-server-mysql | zabbix-server-pgsql, mysql-server (>= 4.0.16-2) | postgresql Description: network monitoring software - PHP frontend Zabbix is an all-in-one 24x7 free monitoring solution. . It acts as server that monitors client systems running on different platforms as well as other network devices. Among many features, it can be used for: . - high level monitoring of IT Services - centralised monitoring of your servers and applications; - monitoring of SNMP-enabled devices; - performance monitoring (process load, network activity, disk activity, memory usage, OS parameters etc.); - data visualization. . This package provides the PHP frontend to the Zabbix server. It allows displaying informations collected from client by using graphs. Package: zabbix-proxy-pgsql Architecture: any Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, fping, adduser, dbconfig-common (>= 1.8.19), logrotate Recommends: postgresql Conflicts: zabbix-proxy-mysql Description: network monitoring software - proxy server with PostgreSQL backend Zabbix is an all-in-one 24x7 free monitoring solution. . It acts as server that monitors client systems running on different platforms as well as other network devices. Among many features, it can be used for: . - high level monitoring of IT Services - centralised monitoring of your servers and applications; - monitoring of SNMP-enabled devices; - performance monitoring (process load, network activity, disk activity, memory usage, OS parameters etc.); - data visualization. . This package provides all binaries which are needed to run a Zabbix proxy server. The server collects informations from Zabbix clients and stores them in a database. . This package supports PostgreSQL as database backend for Zabbix. Package: zabbix-proxy-mysql Architecture: any Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, fping, adduser, dbconfig-common (>= 1.8.19), logrotate Recommends: mysql-server (>= 4.0.16-2) Conflicts: zabbix-proxy-pgsql Description: network monitoring software - proxy server with MySQL backend Zabbix is an all-in-one 24x7 free monitoring solution. . It acts as server that monitors client systems running on different platforms as well as other network devices. Among many features, it can be used for: . - high level monitoring of IT Services - centralised monitoring of your servers and applications; - monitoring of SNMP-enabled devices; - performance monitoring (process load, network activity, disk activity, memory usage, OS parameters etc.); - data visualization. . This package provides all binaries which are needed to run a Zabbix proxy server. The server collects informations from Zabbix clients and stores them in a database. . This package supports MySQL as database backend for Zabbix.
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