Bug#509368: tpconfig: [debconf_rewrite] Debconf templates and debian/control review
Package: tpconfig
Version: N/A
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Dear Debian maintainer,
On Tuesday, December 09, 2008, I notified you of the beginning of a review process
concerning debconf templates for tpconfig.
The debian-l10n-english contributors have now reviewed these templates,
and the proposed changes are attached to this bug report.
Please review the suggested changes are suggested, and if you have any
objections, let me know in the next 3 days.
Please try to avoid uploading tpconfig with these changes right now.
The second phase of this process will begin on Wednesday, December 24, 2008, when I will
coordinate updates to translations of debconf templates.
The existing translators will be notified of the changes: they will
receive an updated PO file for their language.
Simultaneously, a general call for new translations will be sent to
the debian-i18n mailing list.
Both these calls for translations will request updates to be sent as
individual bug reports. That will probably trigger a lot of bug
reports against your package, but these should be easier to deal with.
The call for translation updates and new translations will run until
about Wednesday, January 14, 2009. Please avoid uploading a package with fixed or changed
debconf templates and/or translation updates in the meantime. Of
course, other changes are safe.
Please note that this is an approximative delay, which depends on my
own availability to process this work and is influenced by the fact
that I simultaneously work on many packages.
Around Thursday, January 15, 2009, I will contact you again and will send a final patch
summarizing all the updates (changes to debconf templates,
updates to debconf translations and new debconf translations).
Again, thanks for your attention and cooperation.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
--- tpconfig.old/debian/templates 2008-12-09 08:52:15.469009135 +0100
+++ tpconfig/debian/templates 2008-12-21 18:55:59.119286130 +0100
@@ -1,25 +1,39 @@
+# These templates have been reviewed by the debian-l10n-english
+# team
+#
+# If modifications/additions/rewording are needed, please ask
+# debian-l10n-english@lists.debian.org for advice.
+#
+# Even minor modifications require translation updates and such
+# changes should be coordinated with translators and reviewers.
+
Template: tpconfig/overwrite-config-file
Type: boolean
Default: true
-_Description: Manage tpconfig configuration file with debconf?
- The tpconfig configuration file, "/etc/default/tpconfig", can be handled
- automatically by debconf, or manually by you.
+_Description: Manage tpconfig configuration file automatically?
+ Please choose whether the tpconfig configuration file
+ (/etc/default/tpconfig) should be handled automatically or manually.
Template: tpconfig/reset_p
Type: boolean
Default: false
_Description: Reset the touchpad when booting?
Some machines do not reset the touchpad hardware when they are booted
- and/or resumed. On these machines, it is necessary to manually reset the
- touchpad. Accept here to do a manual reset when the system is started or
- resumed. Refuse if you don't want this.
+ and/or resumed. On these machines, it is necessary to manually reset the
+ touchpad.
+ .
+ If you choose this option, a manual reset will be performed when the
+ system is started or resumed.
Template: tpconfig/options
Type: string
_Description: Options to pass to tpconfig when booting:
- Specify any command-line options you want passed to tpconfig at boot or
- resume time. (Note that if you specified above that the touchpad is to be
- reset, then it will be reset first, and then any options specified here
- done after.) For example, one common option is "--tapmode=0", which tells
- the touchpad to disable "tapping", to prevent spurious mouse events being
- caused by accidentally brushing against the touchpad.
+ Please specify any command-line options you want passed to tpconfig at
+ boot or resume time.
+ .
+ These options will be passed after the touchpad reset if you chose
+ that option.
+ .
+ A common option is '--tapmode=0' which is meant to disable 'tapping'
+ so that accidentally brushing the touchpad doesn't cause spurious mouse
+ events.
--- tpconfig.old/debian/control 2008-12-09 08:52:15.465006895 +0100
+++ tpconfig/debian/control 2008-12-13 07:39:02.829582467 +0100
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
Architecture: any
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
Replaces: synaptics
-Description: configure touchpad devices
- This program can show or modify the configuration of several
- different kinds of touchpad devices, including the Synaptics
+Description: touchpad device configuration utility
+ This package provides a program that can show or modify the configuration of
+ various touchpad devices, including the Synaptics
TouchPad and the ALPS Glidepad/Stickpointer.
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