Hi d-l10n-english, I recently got the bug report against my package dbconfig-common (which you reviewed multiple times the last couple of years) below. What do you think, should we improve the template (as suggested)? Paul PS: no need to reply to me directly, I read the bug. On Mon, 18 Jul 2016 20:39:01 +0200 Iustin Pop <iustin@debian.org> wrote: > I'm installing db-common for the first time, so I'm not familiar with > its configuration or even what is its purpose (installing as a > dependency). > > During installation, I'm presented with a debconf prompt, which says: > > "By default […] These passwords will be stored in debconf's > configuration database only for as long as they are needed. > > This behavior can be disabled, in which case the passwords will remain > in the debconf database […] though this is less secure and thus not the > default setting.". > > Then the prompt follows: "Keep "administrative" database passwords? > Yes/No". > > This is very confusing. The prompt talks about default setting vs. > non-default, but then follows with a 'yes/no'. Is yes the default? or > No? > > The prompt is also confusing as it asks about "keeping" the passwords, > but the initial explanation says that both options keep the password, > just for different amounts of time. > > I would suggest asking "keep passwords in debconf (unsecure) yes/no" or > something similar.
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