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Package: dconf-tools
Version: 0.7.3-4
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
Given that packages.debian.org has had an unrelated "dconf" since 2005
("D" for "Distributed"), the package descriptions for dconf-tools etc.
need some beefing up.
Description: Simple key-based configuration system
dconf is a simple key-based configuration system.
.
This package contains the dconf command line tools
For a start, this is repetitive - if you're going to put the same
information in the synopsis and the long description boilerplate,
please consider saying it with different keywords!
While "key-based" might seem self-explanatory to those who are already
aware that the context is data storage, for anybody else it could be
talking about security or input devices (or maybe even music).
And what kind of "configuration" is it talking about - is it going to
perform the "configure" stage of a kernel build? Tune my graphics
hardware? Reorganise my corporate network for key-based routing? The
only real clue is in the "Homepage:" field (and maybe the "D" in
"D-Conf"?) - if it's storing settings for desktop applications then
surely the word "desktop" should appear at least once in the
description.
Upstream has a much more extensive blurb, but one that's obviously
aimed at developers interested in how it's implemented rather than
users who are wondering whether it should be installed on their PC;
and besides, if "its main purpose is to provide a backend to GSettings
on platforms that don't already have configuration storage systems",
that only makes its presence on Debian systems more mysterious. So
instead of copying that I would suggest following this template:
Description: simple configuration storage system - [...]
DConf is a low-level key/value database designed for storing desktop
environment settings.
.
[...]
Of course there's still plenty of room for more information here.
• Does dconf provide a lightweight alternative to some other package
that it would therefore make sense to mention?
• Should it say something like "integrated with D-Bus and PolicyKit"
as a hint at its FreeDesktop connection?
• Should it mention GNOME 3, or is there some idea of keeping it
desktop-neutral?
• Should it mention GSettings, or is the idea that not all of these
packages necessarily have anything to do with GSettings? (I find
dconf-gsettings-backend a bit baffling - it doesn't depend on
libdconf0, so how does it provide a dconf back-end for GSettings?)
In the per-package detail paragraphs, I have mostly limited myself to
grammar/punctuation/spelling fixes, but for libdconf-doc (which
ignores Debian Policy 9.10 and hides everything under
/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/dconf) I'll add a mention of "devhelp format",
and for dconf-tools I'll add a mention of the other dconf.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (50, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.38-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
--
JBR
Ankh kak! (Ancient Egyptian blessing)
diff -ru d-conf-0.7.3.pristine/debian/control.in d-conf-0.7.3/debian/control.in
--- d-conf-0.7.3.pristine/debian/control.in 2011-04-11 09:09:51.000000000 +0100
+++ d-conf-0.7.3/debian/control.in 2011-04-15 14:32:23.189259116 +0100
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@
Architecture: any
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends},
${misc:Depends}
-Description: Simple key-based configuration system (runtime library)
- dconf is a simple key-based configuration system.
+Description: simple configuration storage system - runtime library
+ DConf is a low-level key/value database designed for storing desktop
+ environment settings.
.
This package contains the runtime library.
@@ -33,8 +34,9 @@
Depends: ${misc:Depends},
libdconf0 (= ${binary:Version}),
libglib2.0-dev (>= 2.25.10)
-Description: Simple key-based configuration system (development files)
- dconf is a simple key-based configuration system.
+Description: simple configuration storage system - development files
+ DConf is a low-level key/value database designed for storing desktop
+ environment settings.
.
This package contains a static library and header files.
@@ -44,8 +46,9 @@
Architecture: any
Depends: ${misc:Depends},
libdconf0 (= ${binary:Version})
-Description: Simple key-based configuration system (debug symbols)
- dconf is a simple key-based configuration system.
+Description: simple configuration storage system - debugging symbols
+ DConf is a low-level key/value database designed for storing desktop
+ environment settings.
.
This package contains the debugging symbols.
@@ -54,8 +57,9 @@
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends},
${misc:Depends},
libdconf0 (= ${binary:Version})
-Description: Simple key-based configuration system (D-Bus library)
- dconf is a simple key-based configuration system.
+Description: simple configuration storage system - D-Bus library
+ DConf is a low-level key/value database designed for storing desktop
+ environment settings.
.
This package contains a D-Bus convenience library.
@@ -66,8 +70,9 @@
libdconf-dbus-1-0 (= ${binary:Version}),
libglib2.0-dev (>= 2.25.10),
libdbus-1-dev
-Description: Simple key-based configuration system (D-Bus development files)
- dconf is a simple key-based configuration system.
+Description: simple configuration storage system - D-Bus development files
+ DConf is a low-level key/value database designed for storing desktop
+ environment settings.
.
This package contains a static library and header files for the D-Bus library.
@@ -77,8 +82,9 @@
Architecture: any
Depends: ${misc:Depends},
libdconf-dbus-1-0 (= ${binary:Version})
-Description: Simple key-based configuration system (D-Bus debug symbols)
- dconf is a simple key-based configuration system.
+Description: simple configuration storage system - D-Bus debug symbols
+ DConf is a low-level key/value database designed for storing desktop
+ environment settings.
.
This package contains the debugging symbols for the D-Bus library.
@@ -86,10 +92,11 @@
Section: doc
Architecture: all
Depends: ${misc:Depends}
-Description: Simple key-based configuration system (documentation)
- dconf is a simple key-based configuration system.
+Description: simple configuration storage system - documentation
+ DConf is a low-level key/value database designed for storing desktop
+ environment settings.
.
- This package contains the documentation.
+ This package contains the documentation in devhelp format.
Package: dconf-tools
Section: utils
@@ -97,10 +104,12 @@
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends},
${misc:Depends}
Conflicts: dconf
-Description: Simple key-based configuration system
- dconf is a simple key-based configuration system.
+Description: simple configuration storage system - utilities
+ DConf is a low-level key/value database designed for storing desktop
+ environment settings.
.
- This package contains the dconf command line tools
+ This package contains the command line tools. Note that DConf is not
+ connected with the older Debian package named dconf.
Package: dconf-gsettings-backend
Architecture: any
@@ -108,9 +117,10 @@
${misc:Depends}
Replaces: libdconf0 (<< 0.7.3-2)
Provides: gsettings-backend
-Description: Simple key-based configuration system - GSettings backend
- dconf is a simple key-based configuration system.
+Description: simple configuration storage system - GSettings back-end
+ DConf is a low-level key/value database designed for storing desktop
+ environment settings.
.
- This package contains a backend for GSettings. It is needed by
- application accessing settings through GSettings to set custom values
+ This package contains a back-end for GSettings. It is needed by
+ applications accessing settings through GSettings to set custom values
and listen for changes.
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: d-conf
Source-Version: 0.7.5-1
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
d-conf, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
d-conf_0.7.5-1.debian.tar.gz
to main/d/d-conf/d-conf_0.7.5-1.debian.tar.gz
d-conf_0.7.5-1.dsc
to main/d/d-conf/d-conf_0.7.5-1.dsc
d-conf_0.7.5.orig.tar.gz
to main/d/d-conf/d-conf_0.7.5.orig.tar.gz
dconf-gsettings-backend_0.7.5-1_amd64.deb
to main/d/d-conf/dconf-gsettings-backend_0.7.5-1_amd64.deb
dconf-tools_0.7.5-1_amd64.deb
to main/d/d-conf/dconf-tools_0.7.5-1_amd64.deb
libdconf-dbg_0.7.5-1_amd64.deb
to main/d/d-conf/libdconf-dbg_0.7.5-1_amd64.deb
libdconf-dbus-1-0_0.7.5-1_amd64.deb
to main/d/d-conf/libdconf-dbus-1-0_0.7.5-1_amd64.deb
libdconf-dbus-1-dbg_0.7.5-1_amd64.deb
to main/d/d-conf/libdconf-dbus-1-dbg_0.7.5-1_amd64.deb
libdconf-dbus-1-dev_0.7.5-1_amd64.deb
to main/d/d-conf/libdconf-dbus-1-dev_0.7.5-1_amd64.deb
libdconf-dev_0.7.5-1_amd64.deb
to main/d/d-conf/libdconf-dev_0.7.5-1_amd64.deb
libdconf-doc_0.7.5-1_all.deb
to main/d/d-conf/libdconf-doc_0.7.5-1_all.deb
libdconf0_0.7.5-1_amd64.deb
to main/d/d-conf/libdconf0_0.7.5-1_amd64.deb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Martin Pitt <[email protected]> (supplier of updated d-conf package)
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Format: 1.8
Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 08:32:02 +0200
Source: d-conf
Binary: libdconf0 libdconf-dev libdconf-dbg libdconf-dbus-1-0
libdconf-dbus-1-dev libdconf-dbus-1-dbg libdconf-doc dconf-tools
dconf-gsettings-backend
Architecture: source all amd64
Version: 0.7.5-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
<[email protected]>
Changed-By: Martin Pitt <[email protected]>
Description:
dconf-gsettings-backend - simple configuration storage system - GSettings
back-end
dconf-tools - simple configuration storage system - utilities
libdconf-dbg - simple configuration storage system - debugging symbols
libdconf-dbus-1-0 - simple configuration storage system - D-Bus library
libdconf-dbus-1-dbg - simple configuration storage system - D-Bus debug symbols
libdconf-dbus-1-dev - simple configuration storage system - D-Bus development
files
libdconf-dev - simple configuration storage system - development files
libdconf-doc - simple configuration storage system - documentation
libdconf0 - simple configuration storage system - runtime library
Closes: 622984
Changes:
d-conf (0.7.5-1) unstable; urgency=low
.
[ Laurent Bigonville ]
* debian/control.in:
- Switch Vcs-* branches to unstable
.
[ Justin B Rye ]
* Improvements to the package descriptions. Closes: #622984.
.
[ Martin Pitt ]
* New upstream release.
* debian/dconf-tools.install: Install new dconf-editor schema file.
* debian/dconf-tools.install: Install bash completion script.
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