Re: [RFR] templates://iog/{iog.templates}
Christian PERRIER wrote:
> Your review should be sent as an answer to this mail.
[...]>
> Template: iog/migrate
[...]
> It was detected that a previous package release has data installed in the
> + /var/www/iog/ directory. Current versions of the IOG package now use
The first line's a bit awkward... maybe trim it to
A previous package release has left data installed in the
[...]
> Package: iog
[...]
> -Description: Network I/O byte grapher
> +Description: network traffic grapher
Can we make this "network I/O grapher" (a hint at the meaning of the
name, as well as a description) and save "network traphic grapher"
for the long description?
> - IOG is a network I/O byte grapher made to graph cumulative KB/MB/GB
> - totals for hours/days and months. It is intended to be simple, fast
> + IOG is a network I/O byte grapher made to graph cumulative network
> + traffic statistics over time. It is intended to be simple, fast
> (support thousands of hosts) and integrate well with MRTG. Data for
> IOG does not make kilobytes/megabytes....it does network traffic
> statistics. And it does it "over time"
I think you've misread "made to graph [...] totals". It needs some
tweaking, but I'd suggest:
IOG is a network traffic grapher designed to record cumulative kB/MB/GB
statistics per hour/day/month. It is intended to be simple, fast
(supporting thousands of hosts), and well integrated with MRTG. Data for
--
JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian
sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package
--- ../iog-1.03.pristine/debian/iog.templates 2010-01-25 07:58:01.000000000 +0000
+++ debian/iog.templates 2010-02-03 08:19:51.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
Template: iog/migrate
Type: boolean
Default: false
-_Description: Migrate old install out of '/var/www/iog/'?
- It was detected that a previous package release has data installed in the
- directory '/var/www/iog/'. The present IOG package suggests the use of
- '/var/lib/iog/' for the same purpose.
+_Description: Migrate old install out of /var/www/iog/?
+ A previous package release has left data installed in the
+ /var/www/iog/ directory. Current versions of the IOG package now use
+ /var/lib/iog/ IOG data files.
.
- Accepting migration will move all old network data to the new location.
+ If you choose this option, all existing network data will be moved
+ to the new location.
.
- By changing the directory pointers to '/var/lib/iog' in the configuration
- '/etc/iog.cfg', and writing an alias declaration for the web server,
- IOG will then serve uninterrupted statistics also after the upgrade.
+ Consequently, directory settings in the IOG configuration file
+ (/etc/iog.cfg) will be changed to /var/lib/iog and a web server
+ alias declaration will be added so that old network statistics
+ are still published.
--- ../iog-1.03.pristine/debian/control 2010-01-25 07:58:01.000000000 +0000
+++ debian/control 2010-02-03 08:30:42.000000000 +0000
@@ -5,18 +5,17 @@
Build-Depends: debhelper (>> 3.0.0)
Build-Depends-Indep: po-debconf
Standards-Version: 3.5.2
+Homepage: http://www.dynw.com/iog/
Package: iog
Architecture: all
Depends: libsnmp-session-perl, ucf, debconf, ${misc:Depends}
Recommends: snmpd
-Description: Network I/O byte grapher
- IOG is a network I/O byte grapher made to graph cumulative KB/MB/GB
- totals for hours/days and months. It is intended to be simple, fast
- (support thousands of hosts) and integrate well with MRTG. Data for
+Description: network I/O grapher
+ IOG is a network traffic grapher designed to record cumulative kB/MB/GB
+ statistics per hour/day/month. It is intended to be simple, fast
+ (supporting thousands of hosts), and well integrated with MRTG. Data for
each host is updated hourly and HTML graphs are created. It uses a
data consolidation algorithm which allows for a small, non-growing
- database file for each host. No external graphing libs or
+ database file for each host. No external graphing libraries or
executables are required.
- .
- Website: http://www.dynw.com/iog/
Template: iog/migrate
Type: boolean
Default: false
_Description: Migrate old install out of /var/www/iog/?
A previous package release has left data installed in the
/var/www/iog/ directory. Current versions of the IOG package now use
/var/lib/iog/ IOG data files.
.
If you choose this option, all existing network data will be moved
to the new location.
.
Consequently, directory settings in the IOG configuration file
(/etc/iog.cfg) will be changed to /var/lib/iog and a web server
alias declaration will be added so that old network statistics
are still published.
Source: iog
Section: net
Priority: extra
Maintainer: Mark Purcell <msp@debian.org>
Build-Depends: debhelper (>> 3.0.0)
Build-Depends-Indep: po-debconf
Standards-Version: 3.5.2
Homepage: http://www.dynw.com/iog/
Package: iog
Architecture: all
Depends: libsnmp-session-perl, ucf, debconf, ${misc:Depends}
Recommends: snmpd
Description: network I/O grapher
IOG is a network traffic grapher designed to record cumulative kB/MB/GB
statistics per hour/day/month. It is intended to be simple, fast
(supporting thousands of hosts), and well integrated with MRTG. Data for
each host is updated hourly and HTML graphs are created. It uses a
data consolidation algorithm which allows for a small, non-growing
database file for each host. No external graphing libraries or
executables are required.
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