Quoting Eric Cooper (e...@cmu.edu): > Dropping Debian from the short description and the second paragraph > makes it too generic -- there should be some mention that this is > intended for packages in the .deb format. I propose > Description: caching proxy server for Debian packages > and > Approx saves time and network bandwidth if you need to install or > upgrade Debian packages for a number of machines on a local network." > > For example, the descriptions of dpkg and apt also refer to "Debian > packages", even though they are clearly used in Ubuntu etc.
There's at least one reason: we never went on these..:-) (not yet...). > Also, I don't think approx should be capitalized (i.e. I prefer > "approx cache" rather than "Approx cache"). OK, that's certainly the maintainer who better knows these things. We generally don't really insist on enforcing things anyway. So whether this is a bout using "Debian" or about capitalizing "approx", you should do the way you prefer and see the review only as recommendations. Attached is another proposal where "Debian packages" is replaced by ".deb packages" which is indeed the most neutral way to say what we want to say, and "approx" is no longer capitalized (except at the beginning of sentences).
--- approx.old/debian/approx.templates 2009-03-13 20:21:57.121276766 +0100
+++ approx/debian/approx.templates 2009-04-05 17:10:07.671985737 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+# These templates have been reviewed by the debian-l10n-english
+# team
+#
+# If modifications/additions/rewording are needed, please ask
+# debian-l10n-engl...@lists.debian.org for advice.
+#
+# Even minor modifications require translation updates and such
+# changes should be coordinated with translators and reviewers.
+
Template: approx/port
Type: string
Default: 9999
--- approx.old/debian/control 2009-03-13 20:21:57.121276766 +0100
+++ approx/debian/control 2009-04-21 07:45:06.772941654 +0200
@@ -13,19 +13,19 @@
Package: approx
Architecture: any
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, ${F:OCamlDeps}, lsb-base (>=
3.2), adduser, bzip2, curl, openbsd-inetd | inet-superserver, update-inetd
-Description: caching proxy server for Debian archive files
- Approx is an HTTP-based Debian archive server.
- It fetches packages from remote repositories on demand,
- and caches them for local use.
+Description: caching proxy server for software repositories
+ Approx is an HTTP-based proxy server for Debian-style package archives.
+ It fetches files from remote repositories on demand, and caches them
+ for local use.
.
Approx saves time and network bandwidth if you need to install or
- upgrade Debian software for a number of machines on a local network.
+ upgrade .deb packages for a number of machines on a local network.
Each package is downloaded from a remote site only once,
regardless of how many local clients install it.
The approx cache typically requires a few gigabytes of disk space.
.
Approx also simplifies the administration of client machines:
- repository locations need only be changed in approx's configuration file,
+ repository locations need only be changed in Approx's configuration file,
not in every client's /etc/apt/sources.list file.
.
Approx can be used as a replacement for apt-proxy,
--- approx.old/debian/changelog 2009-03-13 20:21:57.121276766 +0100
+++ approx/debian/changelog 2009-04-17 08:04:13.181227237 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+approx (4.0-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+ * Debconf templates and debian/control reviewed by the debian-l10n-
+ english team as part of the Smith review project. Closes: #522644
+ * [Debconf translation updates]
+ * Georgian. Closes: #523427
+ * Italian. Closes: #523489
+ * Swedish. Closes: #523836
+ * Portuguese. Closes: #524110
+ * German. Closes: #524398
+ * Galician. Closes: #524401
+
+ -- Christian Perrier <bubu...@debian.org> Sun, 05 Apr 2009 17:31:05 +0200
+
approx (4.0-1) unstable; urgency=low
* New upstream version
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