Re: Bug#686313: Please allow translation of all debconf templates
I notice that one of byobu's five template po files is an en_GB.po
that just uses exactly the same strings as the en_US default.
Christian PERRIER wrote:
>> Template: byobu/launch-by-default
>> Type: boolean
>> Default: false
>> _Description: Do you want to launch Byobu at shell login for all users?
Never mind what I want!
>> Byobu can launch automatically at login (e.g. console, ssh), providing
>> an attachable/detachable window manager on the command line.
>> .
>> If you select this option, Byobu will install a symlink in /etc/profile.d.
>> This setting is system-wide, for all users logging into the system.
>> Individual users can disable this by touching
>> ~/.byobu/disable-autolaunch, or configuring with 'byobu-config'.
>
> "can launch what"?
>
> If I'm not mistaken "to launch" needs something to be launched to be
> mentioned....
Some dictionaries allow for it to be intransitive, but the examples
they give are usually of the phrasal verb "launch into"...
> So, I'd propose "Byobu can be launched...."
>
> We also tried to avoid latinisms such as "e.g." in the past and mostly
> preferred "such as". Also capitalize "ssh".
The one kind of login it doesn't handle is graphical ones via a
display manager, so it seems odd to talk about this as a "window
manager" (especially when all the work of detachable terminal
multiplexing is being done by GNU Screen or TMUX). You don't need to
advertise Byobu's marvelousness to me now - I'm already installing it!
> Byobu will do nothing if I select this option, the package maintainer
> scripts will.....
>
> "users logging" doesn't seem right to me. They don't write to journal
> files..:-)
It's "for all users (who are) logging-in into the system". Wait, does
"all users" include root? This comes from Ubuntu where they assume I
haven't even *got* a root user... no, another case where I don't want
anything inserted in /etc/profile.d, thankyou.
> "touching" does not make it obvious that the "touch" utility is involved.
In fact just running "touch ~/.byobu/disable-autolaunch" won't work
until I've got a directory "~/.byobu", will it? And for me it would
have to be "touch ~/etc/byobu/disable-autolaunch", because byobu
respects $XDG_CONFIG_HOME!
> Configuring what with byobu-config? Here also, "to configure" needs
> something to be configured..:)
>
> All this makes me propose:
>
>
> Template: byobu/launch-by-default
> Type: boolean
> Default: false
> _Description: Do you want to launch Byobu at shell login for all users?
> Byobu can be launched automatically at login (such as console or SSH logins), providing
> an attachable/detachable window manager on the command line.
> .
> If you select this option, a symlink will be created in /etc/profile.d.
> This setting is system-wide, for all users logged on the system.
> Individual users can disable this with "touch ~/.byobu/disable-autolaunch",
> or using the "byobu-config" utility.
Template: byobu/launch-by-default
Type: boolean
Default: false
_Description: Launch Byobu at shell login for all users?
Byobu can be launched automatically on all shell logins (via the console,
SSH, etc.), to provide a screen session manager.
.
If you select this option, a symlink will be created in /etc/profile.d.
This setting is system-wide, for all user logins. Individual users can
opt out by using the utility "byobu-config" or by creating the file
"disable-autolaunch" in their byobu configuration directory.
(Another candidate for a WhyTheName entry. Japanese.)
--
JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian
sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package
diff -ru byobu-5.16.pristine/debian/templates byobu-5.16/debian/templates
--- byobu-5.16.pristine/debian/templates 2012-03-12 04:38:09.000000000 +0000
+++ byobu-5.16/debian/templates 2012-08-31 10:05:39.504400015 +0100
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
Template: byobu/launch-by-default
Type: boolean
Default: false
-_Description: Do you want to launch Byobu at shell login for all users?
- Byobu can launch automatically at login (e.g. console, ssh), providing
- an attachable/detachable window manager on the command line.
+_Description: Launch Byobu at shell login for all users?
+ Byobu can be launched automatically on all shell logins (via the console,
+ SSH, etc.), to provide a screen session manager.
.
- If you select this option, Byobu will install a symlink in /etc/profile.d.
- This setting is system-wide, for all users logging into the system.
- Individual users can disable this by touching
- ~/.byobu/disable-autolaunch, or configuring with 'byobu-config'.
+ If you select this option, a symlink will be created in /etc/profile.d.
+ This setting is system-wide, for all user logins. Individual users can
+ opt out by using the utility "byobu-config" or by creating the file
+ "disable-autolaunch" in their byobu configuration directory.
Template: byobu/launch-by-default
Type: boolean
Default: false
_Description: Launch Byobu at shell login for all users?
Byobu can be launched automatically on all shell logins (via the console,
SSH, etc.), to provide a screen session manager.
.
If you select this option, a symlink will be created in /etc/profile.d.
This setting is system-wide, for all user logins. Individual users can
opt out by using the utility "byobu-config" or by creating the file
"disable-autolaunch" in their byobu configuration directory.
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