Kevin Coyner wrote: > Christian Perrier wrote...... [reinstating some context I feel like pontificating about] >> I would >> personnally prefer "multi-user" if English uses the same conventions >> than French for such constructions of words (use a hyphen between two >> vowels but no hyphens between a vowel and a consonant). Alas, it's nothing so predictable. Noun+noun coinages tend to start as "foo bar" and slide gradually towards "foo-bar" and then "foobar" over time, as the combination becomes established as a single familiar term in its own right.
>> @@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ >> WebCalendar is a PHP-based calendar application that can be configured >> as a single-user calendar, a multi-user calendar for groups of users, >> or as an event calendar viewable by visitors. MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, >> - DB2, Interbase, or ODBC is required. >> + DB2, Interbase, or ODBC are required. >> >> I hope that I'm correct here... > > Please consider the following: ... > WebCalendar is a PHP-based calendar application that can be configured > as a single-user calendar, a multi-user calendar for groups of users, > - or as an event calendar viewable by visitors. MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, > - DB2, Interbase, or ODBC are required. > + or as an event calendar viewable by visitors. Either MySQL, PostgreSQL, > + Oracle, DB2, Interbase, or ODBC is required. > > I presume only one DB will be used at a time in normal usage. Adding > the word 'Either' and keeping 'is' makes it clear that the user must > make a single DB choice. Using the word 'are' implies that all DB's > are required. Unfortunately the styleguides that insist on strict number-agreement would also disapprove of "Either X, Y or Z"; I'd recommend avoiding the issue with "It requires X, Y or Z". > Still looking at the templates file. Saw a couple small things there > that I'll send comments on soon. There are a couple of other minor changes in my patch: making template questions into complete sentences, turning "PHP-Based" into "PHP-based"... -- JBR Ankh kak! (Ancient Egyptian blessing)
--- ../webcalendar.old/debian/webcalendar.templates 2007-04-21 12:35:07.000000000 +0100 +++ debian/webcalendar.templates 2007-04-21 23:21:26.000000000 +0100 @@ -1,55 +1,58 @@ Template: webcalendar/conf/db_persistent Type: boolean Default: false -_Description: Use persistent connections? +_Description: Should webcalendar use persistent connections? Using persistent connections can improve performance on heavily loaded - websites by using a previously opened sql connection. + websites by using a previously opened SQL connection. Template: webcalendar/conf/use_http_auth Type: boolean Default: false -_Description: Use HTTP auth? +_Description: Should webcalendar use HTTP auth? Webcalendar by default uses the database's webcal_user table for - authenticating users. You can use HTTP auth logins instead and use Apache - to manage logins but will still have to add users to webcalendar. + authenticating users. You can use HTTP authentication logins instead + and use Apache to manage logins. This will still require adding the + users to webcalendar. Template: webcalendar/conf/single_user_mode Type: boolean Default: false _Description: Should webcalendar be installed in single user mode? - Webcalendar can be installed in single user mode or multiuser mode. If it - is installed in single user mode, you won't need to login. It isn't - recommended that you install in single user mode unless you are running - this on a personal server protected by a firewall. + WebCalendar can be installed in single user mode or multiuser mode. If it + is installed in single user mode, no login will be required. + . + Using the single user mode is not recommended unless the software runs + on a personal server protected by a firewall. Template: webcalendar/conf/single_user_login Type: string -_Description: Name of the webcalendar user: - If you have installed webcalendar in single user mode, you need to specify +_Description: Name of the WebCalendar user: + If WebCalendar is installed in single user mode, you need to specify the name of the user to connect as. Template: webcalendar/status/debconf_managed Type: boolean Default: true -_Description: Allow debconf to manage settings.conf? - You can allow debconf to manage your settings.conf or you can manage your - settings manually. +_Description: Manage settings.conf automatically? + The configuration program for the package can manage the settings.conf + file, but you may prefer managing your settings yourself. Template: webcalendar/note/admin_user Type: note _Description: Webcalendar administrative user - After installing the tables for your sql database you will have access to - webcalendar using the standard admin user. It is STRONGLY suggested that - you change the password after logging in. The default login and password - is admin:admin. + After installing the tables for the SQL database you will have access + to WebCalendar using the standard administrative user. It is STRONGLY + suggested that you change the password after logging in. + . + The default login and password are admin:admin. Template: webcalendar/conf/httpd_conf Type: multiselect _Choices: apache2, apache, apache-ssl, apache-perl, other Default: apache2 _Description: Web server to configure: - Apache can be automatically configured to use webcalendar by creating links in - /etc/{apache-version}/conf.d/. Select all the versions of Apache you would + Apache can be automatically configured to use WebCalendar by creating links in + /etc/{apache-version}/conf.d/. Select all the versions of Apache you would like to automatically configure or 'other' if you don't use Apache or plan on configuring Apache yourself. @@ -57,8 +60,8 @@ Type: boolean Default: false _Description: Should ${webserver} be restarted? - Remember that in order to activate the new configuration, ${webserver} has - to be restarted. You can also restart ${webserver} by manually executing + In order to activate the new configuration, ${webserver} has to be + restarted. You can also restart ${webserver} by manually executing 'invoke-rc.d ${webserver} restart'. Template: webcalendar/store/webservers_to_be_restarted --- ../webcalendar.old/debian/control 2007-04-21 12:35:09.000000000 +0100 +++ debian/webcalendar/control 2007-04-21 23:12:49.000000000 +0100 @@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ Depends: ${misc:Depends}, libapache-mod-php4 | libapache2-mod-php4, php4-mysql | php4-pgsql, apache | apache2 | apache-ssl | apache-perl, ucf (>= 0.28), dbconfig-common Suggests: php4-cli Recommends: mysql-client | postgresql-client, mysql-server | postgresql -Description: PHP-Based multi-user calendar +Description: PHP-based multi-user calendar WebCalendar is a PHP-based calendar application that can be configured as a single-user calendar, a multi-user calendar for groups of users, - or as an event calendar viewable by visitors. MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, - DB2, Interbase, or ODBC is required. + or as an event calendar viewable by visitors. It requires MySQL, PostgreSQL, + Oracle, DB2, Interbase, or ODBC.
Template: webcalendar/conf/db_persistent Type: boolean Default: false _Description: Should webcalendar use persistent connections? Using persistent connections can improve performance on heavily loaded websites by using a previously opened SQL connection. Template: webcalendar/conf/use_http_auth Type: boolean Default: false _Description: Should webcalendar use HTTP auth? Webcalendar by default uses the database's webcal_user table for authenticating users. You can use HTTP authentication logins instead and use Apache to manage logins. This will still require adding the users to webcalendar. Template: webcalendar/conf/single_user_mode Type: boolean Default: false _Description: Should webcalendar be installed in single user mode? WebCalendar can be installed in single user mode or multiuser mode. If it is installed in single user mode, no login will be required. . Using the single user mode is not recommended unless the software runs on a personal server protected by a firewall. Template: webcalendar/conf/single_user_login Type: string _Description: Name of the WebCalendar user: If WebCalendar is installed in single user mode, you need to specify the name of the user to connect as. Template: webcalendar/status/debconf_managed Type: boolean Default: true _Description: Manage settings.conf automatically? The configuration program for the package can manage the settings.conf file, but you may prefer managing your settings yourself. Template: webcalendar/note/admin_user Type: note _Description: Webcalendar administrative user After installing the tables for the SQL database you will have access to WebCalendar using the standard administrative user. It is STRONGLY suggested that you change the password after logging in. . The default login and password are admin:admin. Template: webcalendar/conf/httpd_conf Type: multiselect _Choices: apache2, apache, apache-ssl, apache-perl, other Default: apache2 _Description: Web server to configure: Apache can be automatically configured to use WebCalendar by creating links in /etc/{apache-version}/conf.d/. Select all the versions of Apache you would like to automatically configure or 'other' if you don't use Apache or plan on configuring Apache yourself. Template: webcalendar/conf/restart_webserver Type: boolean Default: false _Description: Should ${webserver} be restarted? In order to activate the new configuration, ${webserver} has to be restarted. You can also restart ${webserver} by manually executing 'invoke-rc.d ${webserver} restart'. Template: webcalendar/store/webservers_to_be_restarted Type: string Description: Webservers to be restarted: (This is for internal use only)
Source: webcalendar Section: web Priority: optional Maintainer: Elizabeth Bevilacqua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Uploaders: Rafael Laboissiere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4.1.16), po-debconf, dpatch Build-Depends-Indep: html2text Standards-Version: 3.7.2 XS-Vcs-Svn: svn://svn.debian.org/svn/collab-maint/ext-maint/webcalendar/ XS-Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/collab-maint/ext-maint/webcalendar/ Package: webcalendar Architecture: all Depends: ${misc:Depends}, libapache-mod-php4 | libapache2-mod-php4, php4-mysql | php4-pgsql, apache | apache2 | apache-ssl | apache-perl, ucf (>= 0.28), dbconfig-common Suggests: php4-cli Recommends: mysql-client | postgresql-client, mysql-server | postgresql Description: PHP-based multi-user calendar WebCalendar is a PHP-based calendar application that can be configured as a single-user calendar, a multi-user calendar for groups of users, or as an event calendar viewable by visitors. It requires MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, DB2, Interbase, or ODBC.