Package: nodm Version: N/A Severity: normal Tags: patch Dear Debian maintainer,
On Saturday, April 04, 2009, I notified you of the beginning of a review process concerning debconf templates for nodm. 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, and if you have any objections, let me know in the next 3 days. However, please try to avoid uploading nodm with these changes right now. The second phase of this process will begin on Saturday, April 25, 2009, 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 Saturday, May 16, 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 Sunday, May 17, 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: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
--- nodm.old/debian/nodm.templates 2009-03-30 08:43:14.772543104 +0200 +++ nodm/debian/nodm.templates 2009-04-22 16:38:46.216331955 +0200 @@ -1,48 +1,67 @@ +# These templates have been reviewed by the debian-l10n-english +# team +# +# If modifications/additions/rewording are needed, please ask +# [email protected] for advice. +# +# Even minor modifications require translation updates and such +# changes should be coordinated with translators and reviewers. + Template: nodm/enabled Type: boolean Default: false _Description: Start nodm on boot? - nodm starts an X session for a user without asking for authentication. While - this is welcome for embedded or kiosks systems, it is a security problem in - most other machines, so by default nodm is configured not to start. + Designed for embedded or kiosk systems, nodm starts an X session + for a user without asking for authentication. On regular + machines, this has security implications and is therefore disabled + by default. . - If you need autologin on this machine, enable nodm. + You should enable nodm only if you need autologin on this machine. Template: nodm/user Type: string Default: root _Description: User to start a session for: - Name of the user that will automatically be logged into X by nodm. + Please enter the login name of the user that will automatically be logged into X by nodm. Template: nodm/x_options Type: string Default: vt7 -nolisten tcp +#flag:translate!:3 _Description: Options for the X server: - Options to pass to the X server when starting the session. + Please enter the options to pass to the X server when starting the session. + These options will be used in the NODM_X_OPTIONS variable in the command line used + by nodm to start the X session: + . + $NODM_XINIT $NODM_XSESSION -- $NODM_X_OPTIONS Template: nodm/min_session_time Type: string Default: 60 -_Description: Minimum time (in seconds) for a session to be considered ok: +_Description: Minimum time (in seconds) for a session to be considered OK: If an X session will run for less than this time in seconds, nodm will wait an - amount of time before restarting the session. The waiting time will grow + amount of time before restarting the session. The waiting time will grow until a session lasts longer than this amount. Template: nodm/xinit Type: string Default: /usr/bin/xinit +#flag:translate!:3 _Description: xinit program to use: - You can change this to use a different xinit program. + Please choose the name of the "xinit" program to use with nodm. This + name will be stored in the NODM_XINIT variable in the command line used + by nodm to start the X session: . - nodm will start the X session with the command: $NODM_XINIT $NODM_XSESSION -- $NODM_X_OPTIONS Template: nodm/xsession Type: string Default: /etc/X11/Xsession +#flag:translate!:3 _Description: X session to use: - You can change this to use a different X session script. + Please choose the name of the X session script to use with nodm. This + name will be stored in the NODM_XSESSION variable in the command line used + by nodm to start the X session: . - nodm will start the X session with the command: $NODM_XINIT $NODM_XSESSION -- $NODM_X_OPTIONS --- nodm.old/debian/control 2009-03-30 08:43:14.841226598 +0200 +++ nodm/debian/control 2009-04-19 22:43:46.174788860 +0200 @@ -12,11 +12,7 @@ Architecture: any Depends: xinit, x11-common, xterm | x-terminal-emulator, ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends} Conflicts: gdm, xdm, kdm, x-display-manager, zhone-session -Description: Automatic Display Manager - This packages prepares the system to automatically start an X session at - system boot. It is targeted for devices like smartphones, but can be used +Description: automatic display manager + This package prepares the system to automatically start an X session at + system boot. It is meant for devices like smartphones, but can be used on a regular computer as well, if the security implications are acceptable. - . - It should not be installed on a regular Debian system, as it would interfere - with an installed display manager. -
