Package: wireshark Version: N/A Severity: normal Tags: patch Dear Debian maintainer,
On Sunday, August 30, 2009, I notified you of the beginning of a review process concerning debconf templates for wireshark. 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 wireshark with these changes right now. The second phase of this process will begin on Sunday, September 20, 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 Sunday, October 11, 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 Monday, October 12, 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 2.6.30-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
--- wireshark.old/debian/templates 2009-08-25 19:25:57.682197462 +0200 +++ wireshark/debian/templates 2009-09-17 08:38:24.922990100 +0200 @@ -1,12 +1,21 @@ +# 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: wireshark-common/install-setuid Type: boolean Default: false -_Description: Do you want dumpcap to be installed setuid root? +_Description: Should dumpcap be installed "setuid root"? Dumpcap can be installed with the set-user-id bit set, so members of - group wireshark will be able to run it with the permissions of the - 'root' user. It is the preferred way of capturing packets using - Wireshark/Tshark over running Wireshark/Tshark as root, because that - way most of the code will run with less priveges. + the group "wireshark" will have the privileges required to use it. + This way of capturing packets using Wireshark/Tshark is recommended + over the alternative of running them directly as superuser, because + less of the code will run with elevated privileges. . Enabling this feature may be a security risk, so it is disabled by - default. If in doubt, it is suggested to leave it disabled. + default. If in doubt, it is suggested to leave it disabled. --- wireshark.old/debian/control 2009-08-25 19:25:57.685525791 +0200 +++ wireshark/debian/control 2009-09-03 20:53:24.122207585 +0200 @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Build-Depends: libgtk2.0-dev (>=2.4.0-0), libpcap0.8-dev, flex, libz-dev, dpatch, debhelper (>= 6), po-debconf, libtool, python, automake1.9, autoconf, autotools-dev, libc-ares-dev, xsltproc, docbook-xsl (>= 1.64.1.0-0), libpcre3-dev, libcap2-dev [!kfreebsd-i386 !kfreebsd-amd64 !hurd-i386], bison, libgnutls-dev, python-support (>= 0.3), portaudio19-dev, libkrb5-dev, liblua5.1-0-dev, libsmi2-dev, libgeoip-dev Build-Conflicts: libsnmp4.2-dev, libsnmp-dev XS-Python-Version: all +Homepage: http://www.wireshark.org/ Package: wireshark-common Architecture: any @@ -14,11 +15,10 @@ Recommends: wireshark (>= ${binary:Version}) | tshark (>= ${binary:Version}) Replaces: ethereal-common (<< 1.0.0-3) Conflicts: ethereal-common (<< 1.0.0-3) -Description: network traffic analyser (common files) - Wireshark is a network traffic analyzer, or "sniffer", for Unix and - Unix-like operating systems. A sniffer is a tool used to capture - packets off the wire. Wireshark decodes numerous protocols (too many - to list). +Description: network traffic analyzer - common files + Wireshark is a network "sniffer" - a tool that captures and analyzes + packets off the wire. Wireshark can decode too many protocols to list + here. . This package provides files common to both wireshark (the GTK+ version) and tshark (the console version). @@ -28,24 +28,22 @@ Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, wireshark-common (= ${binary:Version}) Replaces: ethereal (<< 1.0.0-3) Conflicts: ethereal (<< 1.0.0-3) -Description: network traffic analyzer - Wireshark is a network traffic analyzer, or "sniffer", for Unix and - Unix-like operating systems. A sniffer is a tool used to capture - packets off the wire. Wireshark decodes numerous protocols (too many - to list). +Description: network traffic analyzer - GTK+ version + Wireshark is a network "sniffer" - a tool that captures and analyzes + packets off the wire. Wireshark can decode too many protocols to list + here. . - This package provides wireshark (the GTK+ version) + This package provides the GTK+ version of wireshark. Package: tshark Architecture: any Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, wireshark-common (= ${binary:Version}) Replaces: tethereal (<< 1.0.0-3) Conflicts: tethereal (<< 1.0.0-3) -Description: network traffic analyzer (console) - Wireshark is a network traffic analyzer, or "sniffer", for Unix and - Unix-like operating systems. A sniffer is a tool used to capture - packets off the wire. Wireshark decodes numerous protocols (too many - to list). +Description: network traffic analyzer - console version + Wireshark is a network "sniffer" - a tool that captures and analyzes + packets off the wire. Wireshark can decode too many protocols to list + here. . This package provides the console version of wireshark, named "tshark". @@ -57,12 +55,10 @@ Replaces: ethereal-dev (<< 1.0.0-3) Conflicts: ethereal-dev (<< 1.0.0-3) XB-Python-Version: ${python:Versions} -Description: network traffic analyser (development tools) - Wireshark is a network traffic analyzer, or "sniffer", for Unix and - Unix-like operating systems. A sniffer is a tool used to capture - packets off the wire. Wireshark decodes numerous protocols (too many - to list). +Description: network traffic analyzer - development tools + Wireshark is a network "sniffer" - a tool that captures and analyzes + packets off the wire. Wireshark can decode too many protocols to list + here. . - This package provides idl2wrs and other necessary files to develop + This package provides idl2wrs and other files necessary for developing new packet dissectors. -
