Package: wacom-tools
Version: N/A
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Dear Debian maintainer,
On Tuesday, September 11, 2007, I notified you of the beginning of a review
process
concerning debconf templates for wacom-tools.
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 are suggested, and if you have any
objections, let me know in the next 3 days.
Please try to avoid uploading wacom-tools with these changes right now.
The second phase of this process will begin on Friday, September 28, 2007, 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 Friday, October 19, 2007. 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 <DAY25>, 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: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
--- wacom-tools.old/debian/wacom-kernel-source.templates 2007-09-07
06:08:14.344854999 +0200
+++ wacom-tools/debian/wacom-kernel-source.templates 2007-09-25
07:01:00.105296556 +0200
@@ -1,100 +1,81 @@
+# 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: wacom-kernel-source/module
Type: boolean
Default: true
-_Description: Would you like the wacom modules to be compiled automatically?
- In order to make full use of a wacom graphics tablet you need to compile and
- install the provided modules to suit your running Linux kernel.
- .
- If you opt to do this, the wacom modules will be compiled into a Debian binary
- package using a local kernel configuration which you will be required to
- specify. You must have either a kernel-headers-* package installed to suit
- the kernel you wish to use it with, or have a suitably configured kernel
- source tree available. If you do not currently have either of these available
- you should choose not to do this at present. Once you have suitable headers
- installed you can return to this selection with:
- .
- dpkg-reconfigure wacom-kernel-source
- .
- Alternatively, you might prefer to build it manually. The source to do this
- can be found in /usr/src/modules/wacom. You may use a tool like make-kpkg(1)
- or `fakeroot debian/rules kdist [ KSRC=... KVERS=... ]` to create
- a Debian package as above, or you can simply `configure && make` and install
- it by hand.
+_Description: Automatically compile the Wacom modules?
+ In order to make full use of a Wacom graphics tablet you need to compile and
+ install the provided modules to suit the running Linux kernel.
+ .
+ If you choose this option, the Wacom modules will be compiled into a
+ binary package using local kernel configuration settings.
+ .
+ This requires either a linux-headers-* package or the full kernel source
+ tree. Do not choose this option if neither of these is available.
+ You can return to this step again later with:
+ 'dpkg-reconfigure wacom-kernel-source'.
Template: wacom-kernel-source/recompile
Type: boolean
Default: true
-_Description: Would you like to create a binary wacom-kernel-modules package
now?
- If you opt to do this, the wacom modules will be compiled into a Debian binary
- package using a local kernel configuration which you will be required to
- specify. You must have either a kernel-headers-* package installed to suit
- the kernel you wish to use it with, or have a suitably configured kernel
- source tree available. If you do not currently have either of these available
- you should choose not to do this at present. Once you have suitable headers
- installed you can return to this selection with:
- .
- dpkg-reconfigure wacom-kernel-source
- .
- Note this package may replace some modules that were originally built with
- your running kernel. You should ensure the original modules can be replaced
- in the event of trouble before installing the resulting package. Also if you
- have already built a wacom-kernel-modules package in this way using the same
- kernel version then that package may be overwritten. You should rename or
- relocate it before continuing if you wish to preserve it.
+_Description: Create a binary wacom-kernel-modules package?
+ If you choose this option, the Wacom modules will be compiled into a
+ binary package using local kernel configuration settings.
+ .
+ This requires either a linux-headers-* package or the full kernel source
+ tree. Do not choose this option if neither of these is available.
+ You can return to this step again later with:
+ 'dpkg-reconfigure wacom-kernel-source'.
+ .
+ This may replace some modules that were originally built with
+ the running kernel.
Template: wacom-kernel-source/kernel
Type: string
Default: /usr/src/linux/
-_Description: Linux headers location:
- You have choosen to compile the wacom modules, so you must specify the
location
+_Description: Linux header files location:
+ In order to compile the Wacom modules, please enter the location
of the Linux kernel headers for them to use.
.
- When Linux headers are provided by a kernel-headers-* package, they reside in
- /usr/src/kernel-headers-*.
+ Headers provided by a linux-headers-* package are located in
+ /usr/src/linux-headers-*.
Template: wacom-kernel-source/wrong_kernel
Type: boolean
Default: false
-_Description: Do you wish to specify a different Linux headers directory?
- The directory you have provided is not a valid Linux headers location.
+_Description: Specify a different Linux headers directory?
+ No valid Linux headers were found in the directory you specified.
Template: wacom-kernel-source/module_location
Type: note
-_Description: What to do after module compilation
- The wacom-kernel-modules package will be built in /usr/src/modules. You will
- have to install it yourself after it is created and can do so from that
- directory using:
- .
- dpkg -i wacom-kernel-module-<version>.deb
- .
- Unfortunately that cannot be done automatically at this stage because dpkg
- is not able to be called recursively.
- .
- Once the module package is installed, you probably won't need the
- wacom-kernel-source package anymore unless you plan to update your kernel
- again later. In that case you can safely purge it completely with 'dpkg -P
- wacom-kernel-source'. Otherwise, you will be able to rebuild the
- wacom-kernel-modules package in this manner at any time with `dpkg-reconfigure
- wacom-kernel-source`. You will be prompted once again for the location of the
- kernel headers to use.
- .
- If you update the wacom-kernel-source package at some later time (or remove it
- without purging, then reinstall) the answers you have given here will be used
- to repeat this process and create a new module package for you to install.
+_Description: Operations needed after modules compilation
+ The wacom-kernel-modules package will be built in /usr/src/modules,
+ but cannot be automatically installed. You will have to install it manually
+ with 'dpkg -i wacom-kernel-module-<version>.deb'.
+ .
+ Once the module package is installed, the wacom-kernel-source package is no
+ longer required except to build new packages after later kernel updates.
+ If the wacom-kernel-source package is updated then this procedure will be
+ repeated using your original answers.
Template: wacom-kernel-source/verbose
Type: boolean
Default: false
-_Description: Do you want to watch the module compilation progress?
+_Description: Follow the module compilation progress?
The process of building a binary package may produce quite a lot of output.
- Seeing this output may be useful if you have problems with it building,
- or annoying if you don't want the extra noise.
+ It may be useful if problems arise during the build.
Template: wacom-kernel-source/erase
Type: boolean
Default: false
-_Description: Do you want to delete the wacom-kernel-modules packages?
- There are binary wacom-kernel-modules packages left in /usr/src(/modules) that
- were generated from this package. Once you have manually installed them you
- don't need those packages anymore, though you may like to keep them for backup
- or re-installation purposes.
+_Description: Delete the wacom-kernel-modules packages?
+ Some binary wacom-kernel-modules packages remain in /usr/src(/modules).
+ Once they have been installed, they're not useful anymore and may be removed
+ unless you want to keep them for backup or re-installation purposes.
--- wacom-tools.old/debian/wacom.po-templates 2007-09-07 06:08:14.344854999
+0200
+++ wacom-tools/debian/wacom.po-templates 2007-09-25 07:01:00.105296556
+0200
@@ -1,15 +1,27 @@
+# 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: wacom-kernel-modules/moduleorder
Type: note
-_Description: The wacom module must be loaded before the HID module.
- If the wacom driver is not loaded before the normal Linux HID driver then the
- HID will have already claimed the device as a generic mouse and the wacom
- driver will be ignored. This package may also replace some modules out of
- your running kernel. It is typically not safe for this installer to
- automatically unload the HID module and insert the wacom driver beneath it,
- nor to automatically remove any of the other affected modules.
- If you wish to install the wacom module without rebooting the machine you will
- need to shut down all processes that use the HID module and its dependents and
- unload them manually before installing the wacom module. The simplest thing
to
- do is reboot the machine at some convenient opportunity after the package
- install is complete and let the new modules configuration determine the proper
- loading order.
+Description: Load the wacom module before the HID module
+ If the wacom driver is not loaded before the normal Linux Human
+ Interface Driver then the HID will have already claimed the device
+ as a generic mouse and the wacom driver will be ignored.
+ .
+ This package may also replace some modules out of the running
+ kernel. An automated unloading of the HID module, with insertion of
+ the wacom module beneath it, would be unsafe and therefore is not
+ attempted.
+ .
+ If you wish to install the wacom module without rebooting the
+ machine, you will need to shut down all processes that use the HID
+ module and its dependents and unload them manually before installing
+ the wacom module. The simplest thing to do is reboot the machine at
+ some convenient opportunity after the package install is complete and
+ let the new modules configuration determine the proper loading order.
--- wacom-tools.old/debian/control 2007-09-07 06:08:14.344854999 +0200
+++ wacom-tools/debian/control 2007-09-23 19:52:22.836726771 +0200
@@ -9,33 +9,36 @@
Section: devel
Architecture: all
Depends: build-essential, debhelper (>= 4.1.16), libx11-dev, ${misc:Depends}
-Description: source for the wacom binary modules
- This package provides the source code for the wacom kernel and X11 modules.
+Description: source for the Wacom binary modules
+ This package provides source code for the latest Wacom kernel modules.
You will need a kernel headers package or properly configured source for
- your running kernel to create the binary module package.
+ the running kernel to create the binary module package.
+ .
+ Most people will not need this package and can just load the existing 'wacom'
+ module for their running kernel.
Package: wacom-tools
Section: utils
Architecture: any
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
-Description: utilities for wacom tablets and other hid devices
- This package provides utilities to test and configure wacom graphics tablets.
- You will need kernel modules built from the wacom-kernel-source package to
- use them with such devices. It also provides hotplug and udev scripts which
- may be useful without these tools and (later) with the wacom support in the
- mainline kernel packages as well (2.6.11 or later).
+Recommends: xserver-xorg-input-wacom
+Description: utilities for Wacom tablet devices
+ This package provides utilities to test and configure Wacom graphics tablets.
+ You will need kernel and X.Org driver support for your tablet to use them.
Package: xserver-xorg-input-wacom
Section: x11
Architecture: any
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
-Description: X.Org X server -- wacom input driver
- This package provides the driver for wacom tablet devices.
+Suggests: wacom-tools
+Description: X.Org X server -- Wacom input driver
+ This package provides the X.Org driver and udev support for Wacom tablet
+ devices.
.
- Note that it is not a part of the X.Org distribution since X11R6, this driver
- is from the linuxwacom project. See http://linuxwacom.sf.net for details.
+ Note that it is not a part of the X.Org distribution since X11R6: this driver
+ is from the linuxwacom project. See http://linuxwacom.sf.net for details.
.
- You will also require a kernel module which supports your tablet. Many types
- are supported by the module supplied with current Linux kernels. If yours is
- not one of them (yet), see the wacom-kernel-source package for the most up to
- date module available.
+ You will also require a kernel module which supports your tablet. Many types
+ are supported by the 'wacom' module supplied with current Linux kernels. If
+ yours is not one of them (yet) then see the wacom-kernel-source package for
+ the most up to date module available.
