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Re: [RFR] templates://kstars-data-extra-tycho2/{templates}



> Sorry, no patch yet - I'm running late for once and haven't been
> keeping up with revisions.
[...]
> Given that there's no guarantee that its previous state is "enabled",
> I think this should be:
> 
>   __Choices: enable, disable, lock

I think that almost everytime this configuration process is triggered with 
questions shown to the user the previous state will be "enabled", but you are 
the specialists
> 
> | _Description: Choice for downloads of new data by kstars users:
> Could we make that something like
> 
>   _Description: User data downloads for kstars:
> | By default, unless the feature is locked or disabled, each user will be
> | able to enable data downloads.
> | .
> | If you choose "keep enabled", users will be able to download data
> | files. If you choose "disable", each user can re-enable data download
> | (for instance to download data from other catalogs than Tycho2). If
> | you choose "lock", no user can enable data downloads.
> 
> Well, the "by default" part is true if there's no config, but the
> default *here* is "lock".  Perhaps start from describing it as a
> feature of KStars:
> 
>    KStars has a download feature allowing users to download extra data
>    files for their own use. Since packaged catalogs can be handled more
>    efficiently by installing a single central copy, you may wish to
>    restrict the use of this feature.
>    .
>     * enable - users will be able to download data files;
>     * disable - individual users can re-enable data downloads (for
>       instance to download data from other catalogs);
for instance to download other datafiles
>     * lock - users cannot enable data downloads.
> 
> (Oh, handily I've anticipated the s/Tycho2//.)

Cool, i very much liked this rewording. Should we say that "individual users 
can re-enable data downloads _by tweaking their .kstarsrc files_"?
> 
[...]
> Then the package description:
> 
>  -Description: Tycho2 star catalogue for centralized install of KStars
> 
> It isn't a "centralized install of KStars"; in fact I can't find an
> accurate explanation that fits in the synopsis, so save it for the
> long description.  Oh, and google tells me "Tycho-2" with a hyphen.

I thought about a typical use case (the one that twice triggered me to create 
this package): a computer room, where installation of packages is centralized 
on the sysop
> 
>  +Description: Tycho-2 star catalog for KStars
> 
[...]
> 
> The "download it" is inaccurate, since KStars wouldn't offer to
> download this .deb file.

KStars offers each user to download the datafile, not the .deb file. The .deb 
provides just that datafile (and some surroundings as this configuration).
> 
> If this package can configure whether I want something, I don't want
> it anywhere near me.
> 
Quite true :)

> How about:
> 
>  + This package contains the data of the Tycho-2 star catalog for KStars,
> the + desktop planetarium for KDE. It allows users to use a central shared
> catalog + instead of each needing to download their own personal copy of
> the whole + catalog. It can also configure KStars to disable these user
> downloads.

I like it

Noel

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