Quoting Christian Perrier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > You'll find attached to this mail the backup-manager.templates file > > which needs your attention. > > > > Please Cc me because I'm not subscribed to this list. > > Attached an unfinished version (I'll try to finish later). But after
I finally managed to complete the rewrite. As you may see, I tried to simpligy the wording in many places. IMHO, you don't need to explain each and every detail. The style is more or less what I personnally consider the most appropriate style for debconf templates wording�: -as neutral as possible -use active voice most of the time -avoid repeating the short description in the long description -no questions except for boolean templates -no first person sentences -"opened prompts" for all user input except boolean (meaning a final colon) -no ending dot on note templates (and no exclamation mark...this is not neutral wording) Of course, I bet there are my usual English mistakes, so other contributors will probably correct them..:-)
Template: backup-manager/backup-repository Type: string Default: /var/archives _Description: Archives location: Please enter the name of the directory where backup-manager will store the generated archives. . The size of archives may be rather important so you should store them on a disk with enough available space. Template: backup-manager/filetype Type: select Choices: tar, tar.gz, tar.bz2, zip Default: tar.gz _Description: Archives storage format: Template: backup-manager/dump_symlinks Type: boolean Default: false _Description: Do you want to dereference symlinks? The tar, tar.gz and tar.bz2 filetypes may dereference the symlinks in generated archives. Doing so is likely to generate huge archives. Template: backup-manager/blacklist Type: string Default: /var/archives _Description: Directories to skip in archives: Please enter a space-separated list of directories which should not be archived. Template: backup-manager/name-format Type: select _Choices: long, short Default: long _Description: Archives name format: Files generated by backup-manager may use different file naming conventions. . The long format is "host-full-path-to-directory.ext" while the short format only uses the last directory name. For instance, /home/me would be named me.tar.gz. Template: backup-manager/time-to-live Type: string Default: 5 _Description: Age of kept archives (days): Please choose the number of days backup-manager will keep the files before purging them. Combining several directories and a large number of days for keeping them may lead to huge archives. Template: backup-manager/directories Type: string Default: /etc /home _Description: Directories to backup: Please enter a space-separated list of all the directories you want to backup. . You should rather to enter several subdirectories instead of the parent in order to have more pertinent files in your backup repository. . For instance, "/home/user1 /home/user2 /home/user3" is more appropriate than "/home" alone. Template: backup-manager/burning-enabled Type: boolean Default: false _Description: Do you want to enable automatic burning? Backup-manager can burn archives when it is launched. . Be aware that choosing this option will cause backup-manager to try burning daily archives on the selected media, which must be present at that time. Template: backup-manager/burning-media Type: select Choices: cdrom, dvd Default: cdrom _Description: Burning media: Choosing "cdrom" will require the cdrecord program while "dvd" needs growisofs. Template: backup-manager/burning-device Type: string Default: /dev/cdrom _Description: Device to use for burning data: Template: backup-manager/burning-maxsize Type: string Default: 650 _Description: Maximum size of your media (Mb): Template: backup-manager/burning-method Type: select Choices: CDRW, CDR Default: CDRW _Description: Burning method: When burning data, backup-manager will try to burn the whole archives repository. If it does not fit in the media, it will try to burn only the daily generated archives. . The CDRW method will first blank the media and then burn the data. . The CDR method will only burn the data, assuming that the media is empty. Template: backup-manager/want_to_upload Type: boolean Default: false _Description: Do you want to enable the backup-manager's uploading system ? You can choose to upload archives to a remote host (either by ftp or scp). Template: backup-manager/transfert_mode Type: select Choices: scp, ftp Default: scp _Description: Transfer mode for uploads: Please choose the way files will be uploaded to the remote host. . If you choose the ftp mode, you'll be prompted for a password, whereas scp will use key authentification (see man ssh-keygen for details on scp transfer). Template: backup-manager/upload-hosts Type: string _Description: Upload hosts: Please enter a list of hosts where backup-manager will send the generated archives each day. Template: backup-manager/upload-user-scp Type: string Default: bman _Description: Login for scp uploads: To enable scp transfer, you have to set up a user which exists on both remote and local hosts. This is needed for key authentification. . A SSH key should be created locally for this user and its public part must be placed in the remote user's "authorized_keys" file (see ssh-keygen(1) for details). Template: backup-manager/upload-user-scp-warning Type: note _Description: Invalid user The username you entered does not exist locally. Note that the username you choose for scp transfer must exist on both local and remote hosts. . You will not be prompted again for a username. Please use "dpkg-reconfigure backup-manager" later to configure this feature. Template: backup-manager/upload-user-ftp Type: string _Description: FTP username: Please enter the username for FTP transfers to the remote hosts. Template: backup-manager/upload-key Type: string _Description: Private key file to use for SSH authentification: Please enter a SSH private key to use for the scp transfers. Template: backup-manager/upload-passwd Type: password _Description: FTP password: Please enter the password for FTP transfers to the remote hosts. Template: backup-manager/upload-dir Type: string Default: /backup/upload _Description: Remote host repository: Please enter the name of the directory where the files will be stored on the remote host. Template: backup-manager/cron_frequency Type: select __Choices: hourly, daily, weekly, monthly Default: daily _Description: Backup frequency: Please choose the frequency for backups run by backup-manager.
