Bug#864227: release-notes: proofreading sweep - upgrading.dbk

Package: release-notes Severity: wishlist Tags: patch I'm calling this wishlist as usual, but I'm splitting it into two patches: one for things that really need doing, one for things that are stylistic and can be put off if necessary. First, though: the text still says that doing an upgrade from

Bug#864166: release-notes: proofreading sweep - issues.dbk

Niels Thykier wrote: >> >> >> This change only applies if your X Display Manager supports >> -running X as rootless (or if you start X manually via >> +running X without root privileges (or if you start X manually via >> startx). Currently the

Bug#864166: release-notes: proofreading sweep - issues.dbk

Package: release-notes Severity: wishlist All of these are "stylistic", and could thus be put off until after the release if we have to; they include some pretty annoying errors, but nothing that would stop readers understanding what's intended. Index: issues.dbk

Bug#864066: release-notes: proofreading sweep - release-notes.dbk

Package: release-notes Severity: wishlist Tags: patch This case genuinely is only wishlist, and needn't go in until after the release. But it's already overdue - I commented on it in 2015 and put off doing anything about it. The glossary section contains many entries explaining abbreviations

Bug#864043: release-notes: proofreading sweep - moreinfo.dbk

Javier Fernandez-Sanguino wrote: > Dear Justin, > > Thank you for this review. Although I can agree to many of these changes, I do > not think it is wise to make them so close to the release date, when > translation teams have updated (or are in the process of updating) the > translations in

Bug#864043: release-notes: proofreading sweep - moreinfo.dbk

Package: release-notes Severity: wishlist Tags: patch I ought to have time to do a second sweep, so I won't worry about followups to my existing bugs yet. Today, another easy one. Index: moreinfo.dbk === --- moreinfo.dbk

Bug#863975: release-notes: proofreading sweep - old-stuff.dbk

Package: release-notes Severity: wishlist Tags: patch This file's the shortest, and only has two trivial stylistic issues, but might need some attention to the content. Index: old-stuff.dbk === --- old-stuff.dbk (revision

Bug#863881: release-notes: proofreading sweep - about.dbk

Package: release-notes Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Just to get the ball rolling here's a commented diff on one of the files that has least need for proofreading. All I've got to suggest are two very low-priority stylistic improvements. Index: about.dbk

Bug#863817: release-notes: Release notes for Stretch by Debian Med team

Andreas Tille wrote: > I'd like to propose the following text from the Debian Med team for > the Stretch release notes: > > > News from Debian Med Blend > > Besides several new packages and updates for software targeting There might be a better alternative to "Besides" here, but if so I'm

Bug#831726: Opinion on bug 831726 Very confusing prompt regarding administrative database passwords

Paul Gevers wrote: > Thanks, looks good to me. > > But how about: > By default, these passwords are not stored, so you will be prompted for > them each time. > ^ Good idea, I think we can afford the extra 11 bytes. -- JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a

Bug#831726: Opinion on bug 831726 Very confusing prompt regarding administrative database passwords

Paul Gevers wrote: > Hi d-l10n-english, > > I recently got the bug report against my package dbconfig-common (which > you reviewed multiple times the last couple of years) below. What do you > think, should we improve the template (as suggested)? > > Paul > PS: no need to reply to me directly, I

Bug#738858: tmperamental: typo in package synopsis

Package: tmperamental Version: 1.0 Followup-For: Bug #738858 (Executive summary: s/rouge/rogue/) Paul Tagliamonte wrote on Thu, 13 Feb 2014: > Anyway, it's in collab-maint and I mean it, so feel free to just make > any changes y'all want. I'll apply that patch soon. This

Bug#832192: [Python-modules-team] Bug#832192: celeryd: Section should not be “python”

I'm not a DD, but here I go butting in with an opinion anyway! Brian May wrote: > Ben Finney writes: >> By the section descriptions, this package may belong in section >> “admin”. > > I am not convinced admin is appropriate: > "Utilities to administer system

Bug#829182: tidy: package description still talks about HTML 4.0

Package: tidy Version: 1:5.2.0-1.1 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch First, thank you for packaging tidy-html5! My complaint is just that the package description hasn't been updated this millennium. A remarkable amount of it is still fine, but there's one line that definitely needs updating, where

Bug#823544: dpkg: Won't run at all on i586 Pentium MMX due to illegal instruction

Niels Thykier wrote: > I have committed an initial draft in [r11219]. Review welcome. The new bit being the here: > > > The 32-bit PC support no longer supports a vanilla i586 > "Support no longer supports" - make that The 32-bit PC support no longer includes vanilla i586

Bug#823898: libconfig-model-systemd-perl: Minor error in package description (a spurious "OK"?)

Package: libconfig-model-systemd-perl Followup-For: Bug #823898 > There's indeed an issue with the description. I've tried to simplify the text > from upstream but something went wrong. I noticed this bugreport and had a look for myself. There are a couple of other oddities in the description

Bug#822860: p11-kit: package description suggestion

Package: p11-kit Version: 0.23.2-3 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch This package is automatically installed on any Debian system running GNOME, but an ordinary user reading the description is unlikely to be able to guess why, since there's no mention of keyrings or crypto - just an obscure acronym.

Bug#821328: ITP: debian-paketmanagement-buch -- German-written book about package management with Debian

Holger Levsen wrote: > On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 08:04:40PM +0200, Axel Beckert wrote: >> * Package name: debian-paketmanagement-buch > > it feels a bit weird to see a package name mostly made up out of German > words… not sure what would be better though. maybe > debian-paketmanagement-book ?

Bug#821026: libestr: Short descriptions should begin with lowercase

Source: libestr Followup-For: Bug #821026 > I was translating the package description of libestr0 into Spanish, and I > noticed the English original short description begins with Uppercase instead > of > lowercase. Noticing this bugreport and checking the package description in question I see

Bug#819829: dash: "hash: Illegal option -v"

Package: dash Version: 0.5.8-2.2 Severity: minor On a dash command prompt: $ man dash | grep -A 11 'hash -' hash -rv command ... The shell maintains a hash table which remembers the locations of commands. With no arguments whatsoever, the hash command prints

Bug#819691: cl-bordeaux-threads: Typo in package description

Package: cl-bordeaux-threads Followup-For: Bug #819691 > I noticed a typo while translating the description of the cl-bordeaux-threads > package. > In the third paragraph, "it's implementation" should indeed be replaced by > "its implementation". While we're proofreading the description,

Bug#819533: maim: please make the description clearer

Package: maim Followup-For: Bug #819533 Seconded. > The synopsis has a typo, "screenshts". But I'm mainly filing a bug for > the extended description, which left me rather non-plussed; here's > what I'd like to find out without having to look at maim's web site: > > * is it command-line or GUI

Bug#818229: caneda: Typo in the package description

Package: caneda Followup-For: Bug #818229 Tags: patch Thomas Vincent wrote: > I found a typo while translating Caneda's package description. > Indeed, it states that its goal is the "complete design proccess […]". > Process is mispelled in this sentence and should be

Bug#816599: lintian: false-positive spelling error 'homogenous'

IOhannes m zmölnig wrote: >> My dictionary (American Heritage) says 'homogenous' is an acceptable spelling >> of 'homogeneous', and it's how I pronounce the word. > > So I did a quick check, and Merriam-Webster [1] seems to allow the > 'homogenous' > spelling as well. > Other sources [2] even

Bug#816159: www.debian.org: new introduction for blends page

Paul Wise wrote: >> # >> # Debian Pure Blends are a solution for groups of people with specific needs. >> # Not only do they provide handy collections (meta-packages) of specific >> packages, >> # but they also ease installation and configuration for the intended purpose. >> # They cover the

Bug#816159: www.debian.org: new introduction for blends page

Iain R. Learmonth wrote: > Could someone take a look at the wording for this to ensure it's > understandable > by non-technical users and to ensure that it's easily translatable. > > Please keep the bug in CC, I'm not subscribed to debian-l10n-english. Quoting that proposed text: # # A general

Bug#814829: [RFR] templates://eviacam/{templates}

Cesar Mauri wrote: > Thanks you both Christian and Justin for your review. Your improvements look > great to me! > > I've just changed webcam for camera and removed the trailing "software" after > Facial Mouse. Dropping "software" works, but I'm not so sure about "camera", since by default

Bug#814829: [RFR] templates://eviacam/{templates}

Christian PERRIER wrote: > Rationale: > --- eviacam.old/debian/templates 2016-02-15 19:53:17.828347882 +0100 > +++ eviacam/debian/templates 2016-02-22 07:12:12.633368880 +0100 > @@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ > Type: boolean > Default: false > _Description: Should eviacamloader be installed 'setuid

Bug#815109: catdoc: Typos in the package description

Package: catdoc Followup-For: Bug #815109 (I'm not a Debian Developer, I'm just a debian-l10n-english regular) Thomas Vincent wrote: > Subject: catdoc: Typos in the package description > > Package: catdoc > Severity: minor > > Dear Maintainer, > > I spotted a couple of typos while translating

Bug#810649: lintian: maintainer-name-missing leads to Perl error

Package: lintian Version: 2.5.39.1 Severity: minor Tags: patch Using lintian on one of the .deb files provided by the htmltidy upstream¹ gives a lot of warnings about flaws in their efforts to debianise the software, but also outputs a Perl error: $ lintian tidy-5.1.25-64bit.deb [...] E:

Bug#808596: libprocps4: package description typofix

Package: libprocps4 Version: 2:3.3.10-4 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch It's only a minor typo, but for a high-profile package I though it was worth submitting a patch: [...] This package contains the shared libraries necessary to run programs compilied with libprocps.

Bug#808547: liblognorm: package description review

Source: liblognorm Version: 1.1.2-1.1 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch The long descriptions for liblognorm{2,-dev} contain a trivial typo: Description: Log normalizing library Liblognorm is a event and log normalization library that is capable of ↑ s/a

Bug#808301: login: package description review

Package: login Version: 1:4.2-3.1 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch The long package description for login features some distinctly non-native-speakerish grammar and some out-of-date assumptions. It's still perfectly comprehensible, and a case could be made for the argument that descriptions for

Bug#806736: util-linux: package description tweaks

Andreas Henriksson wrote: > Thanks for your followup and patch. (Please feel free to base > your patches on top of the pkg-util-linux git repo, see: > debcheckout util-linux) Sorry, I can just about cope with subversion, but I'll never understand git. >> What happened to findmnt(8)? > > It was

Bug#806736: util-linux: package description tweaks

Andreas Henriksson wrote: > Thanks for your patch. Pushed it and will be part of next upload. Meanwhile I've just noticed another thing that needs fixing: # Package: mount [...] # Description: tools for mounting and manipulating filesystems # This package provides the mount(8), umount(8),

Bug#806736: util-linux: package description tweaks

Source: util-linux Version: 2.27.1-1 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch This source package's package descriptions have a number of minor English language problems, most of which are trivial enough that I wouldn't normally bother with them, but the high Priority levels on the packages bump the bug up

Bug#805980: needrestart: "consider to login" grammar fix

Package: needrestart Version: 2.3-2 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch There are two grammar errors in the prompts produced by needrestart: > Please consider to relogin or restart the affected processes! The first problem is that "consider" cannot be followed by "to $VERB". It has to be either

Bug#805455: Help wanted for template improvements [Bug#805455]

(Delayed by an ADSL outage) Paul Gevers wrote: >> It should at least be clear it's not talking about a DBMS package. > > /me likes delete. But maybe we can still use your earlier idea and be > more explicit about that it is the database of the package: > > [..] Then it will ask if you want to

Bug#805455: Help wanted for template improvements [Bug#805455]

積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote: > >>>>> "JBR" == Justin B Rye <justin.byam@gmail.com> writes: > > JBR> any of them? If so, what did you think? > > Yes I did but they are all too technical. Is it really so difficult to look at an alternative ve

Bug#805455: Help wanted for template improvements [Bug#805455]

Paul Gevers wrote: [...] >> Since in this text we only ever mean "bunch of tables", would it do >> any good to substitute some word like "dataset" at the crucial point? > > Only if that word is recognized, which I seriously doubt. > >> And maybe we should also avoid the word "purge". > > This

Bug#805455: Help wanted for template improvements [Bug#805455]

積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote: > Perhaps Perhaps, instead of suggesting extra verbiage that we could awkwardly wedge in to deal with a low-probability misunderstanding after it has already happened, you could help us by looking at the suggestions you've been offered that are aimed at making quite sure

Bug#805455: Help wanted for template improvements [Bug#805455]

積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote: > Maybe have it say "Don't worry. This won't remove any of your other > databases. It will only remove those databases that were made by the XYZ > package itself." Maybe, maybe not. If you aren't interested in considering any of the tweaks I suggested, maybe we should

Bug#805455: Help wanted for template improvements [Bug#805455]

Paul Gevers wrote: > Control: tags -1 help > > Dear Debian-l10n-english people, dear Dan, > > 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote: [...] >> User is used to doing >> $BROWSER http://localhost/phpmyadmin/ >> and seeing all his databases. >> >> So upon >> # aptitude purge phpmyadmin >> user sees >> >>

Bug#802768: Confusing NEWS.Debian entry

Wouter Verhelst wrote: > The NEWS.Debian entry for ntp 1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-2 reads as follows: > > ntp (1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-2) unstable; urgency=medium > > You now need to use "rlimit memlock -1" to disable locking memory. The > behaviour for ""rlimit memlock 0" changed between 4.2.8p3 and 4.2.8p4

Bug#801166: [RFR] templates://unattended-upgrades/{templates}

Christian PERRIER wrote: > I don't have changes to suggest. I kinda feel that the 2nd templates > would benefit from being omre explicit or detailed, but I don't really > find good ways to do so except by adding a very long and clumsy > explanation. After all, the example that is in the default

Bug#799368: Man-page: description of -e option contradicts itself

On Fri, Sep 18, Andrew Shadura wrote: > Karl E. Jorgensen wrote: >> ''You should include "event" here, but you must not do so.'' >> Huh?? To include or to not include I'm confused, and I think most >> other readers would be too :-) > > I'm not sure I understand what exactly is confusing

Bug#799685: [RFR] templates://dyfi/{templates}

Justin B Rye wrote: > (Sorry about that delay, I had an 11-day broadband outage!) I must be out of practice - here are the attachments. -- JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package diff -ru dyfi-1.

Bug#799685: [RFR] templates://dyfi/{templates}

On Tue, Sep 29, Christian PERRIER wrote: (Sorry about that delay, I had an 11-day broadband outage!) > That's a full rewrite, as original templates werevery short..:-) > > Justin, I have my usual doubts about "login to"...:-) Yes, it's not wrong enough that it'll trip people up, but it's a

Bug#796234: [LCFC] templates://xringd/{templates}

Christian PERRIER wrote: > Template: xringd/modem-device > Type: string > Default: /dev/ttyS0 > _Description: Modem device: > Please enter the name of the device the modem is connected to. > . > Xringd needs to poll a modem attached via a serial port. Please > specify which serial port the

Bug#793939: [RFR] templates://publicfile-installer/{templates}

Justin B Rye wrote: > Unfortunately, fixing it probably requires changes to the visible > behaviour of the scripts that would mean changes to these debconf > prompts, so we'll need to put this review on hold. Ah - looks like the bug has been fixed: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugr

Bug#797860: [RFR] templates://open-iscsi/{open-iscsi.templates}

Christian Seiler wrote: >> Description: iSCSI management tools > > Actually, if we are changing the description of the package as well, > I'd rather be more specific: > > Description: iSCSI initiator tools > > Because there are also iSCSI targets packaged in Debian (iscsitarget, > targetcli),

Bug#797860: [RFR] templates://open-iscsi/{open-iscsi.templates}

Christian PERRIER wrote: > Your review should be sent as an answer to this mail. > --- open-iscsi.old/debian/open-iscsi.templates2015-09-03 > 07:12:44.672751389 +0200 > +++ open-iscsi/debian/open-iscsi.templates2015-09-11 07:08:21.561599260 > +0200 > @@ -1,49 +1,53 @@ > Template:

Bug#797861: [RFR] templates://postsrsd/{postsrsd.templates}

Christian PERRIER wrote: > Your review should be sent as an answer to this mail. [...] > Template: postsrsd/domain > Type: string > _Description: Local domain name to use as origin: I suppose that could be "local" in a slightly scarequotesy sense, but it's probably best not to bring this up.

Bug#793937: [LCFC3] templates://libdvd-pkg/{templates}

Christian PERRIER wrote: > So, again, are we OK with the last versions of templates? I don't see any remaining problems other than the shortage of information in the package description, which we can't fix. -- JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian sysadmin,

Bug#796234: [RFR] templates://xringd/{templates}

Christian PERRIER wrote: > Your review should be sent as an answer to this mail. [...] > Rationale: > --- xringd.old/debian/templates 2015-08-20 15:20:51.741782838 +0200 > +++ xringd/debian/templates 2015-09-07 07:03:27.209880278 +0200 > @@ -1,7 +1,9 @@ > Template: xringd/modem-device >

Bug#795808: [RFR] templates://virtualbox-ext-pack/{templates}

Christian PERRIER wrote: > Your review should be sent as an answer to this mail. [...] > Rationale: > --- virtualbox-ext-pack.old/debian/templates 2015-08-17 07:07:55.696232489 > +0200 > +++ virtualbox-ext-pack/debian/templates 2015-09-02 07:11:42.014198500 > +0200 > @@ -1,9 +1,12 @@ >

Bug#797782: gtk2hs-buildtools: contains bogus /usr/share/doc/ directory

Joachim Breitner wrote: > Control: reassign -1 haskell-devscripts > Control: affects -1 gtk2hs-buildtools > > It is a bit weird. There used to be support in haskell-devscripts for > removing that: > > - Remove LICENSE files installed by Cabal and empty documentation > directories. > >

Bug#797782: gtk2hs-buildtools: contains bogus /usr/share/doc/ directory

Package: gtk2hs-buildtools Version: 0.13.0.4-1 Severity: normal I happened to notice while grepping the Contents file that this library puts some upstream documentation in the wrong place: dpkg -L gtk2hs-buildtools /. [...] /usr/share/doc

Bug#797679: wpasupplicant: contains /usr/share/doc/wpa_supplicant directory

Package: wpasupplicant Version: 2.3-2 Severity: minor All the docs are correctly filed in /usr/share/doc/, but there's also an empty directory apparently using the upstream name. $ dpkg -L wpasupplicant /. /etc /etc/network [...]

Bug#793937: [LCFC] templates://libdvd-pkg/{templates}

Christian PERRIER wrote: This is the last call for comments for the review of debconf templates for libdvd-pkg. This version isn't quite the most recent - see https://lists.debian.org/debian-l10n-english/2015/08/msg00040.html -- JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a

Bug#793938: [LCFC] templates://openstreetmap-carto/{templates}

Christian PERRIER wrote: This is the last call for comments for the review of debconf templates for openstreetmap-carto. We never did find out *why* this package downloads stuff from the Internet. -- JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian sysadmin, and

Bug#796662: installation-guide: rethinking priorities

Source: installation-guide Version: 20150528 Severity: minor Tags: d-i patch Again following up #794936, here's my third and final bugreport for a big clear individual issue before I start on a general proofreading sweep. The jargon of low priority installs is just plain demented. Lowering the

Bug#793938: [LCFC] templates://openstreetmap-carto/{templates}

Sebastiaan Couwenberg wrote: Justin B Rye wrote: We never did find out *why* this package downloads stuff from the Internet. Because it needs the Natural Earth data to render the default style. The shapefiles are referenced in the various style sources (.mml files). Lots of Debian software

Bug#793937: [LCFC2] templates://libdvd-pkg/{templates}

Dmitry Smirnov wrote: The only thing which makes me feel uncomfortable about this version is doing downloads in This package automates the process of doing downloads of the source files for ${PKGG} from videolan.org, compiling them, and installing the binary packages (${PKGG_ALL}). Hmm,

Bug#793939: [LCFC] templates://publicfile-installer/{templates}

Christian PERRIER wrote: This is the last call for comments for the review of debconf templates for publicfile-installer. Hang on, Christian - this one's stalled. If it gets the critical bugfix that's needed then that'll mean behavioural changes that will need different debconf prompting.

Bug#795944: installation-guide: should call a RAID a RAID

Source: installation-guide Version: 20150528 Severity: minor Tags: d-i patch Following up #794936, here's my second bugreport for a big clear individual issue before I start on a general proofreading sweep. Section 6.3.3.4 (aka the file using-d-i/modules/mdcfg.xml) describes how to set up RAID

Bug#793937: [RFR] templates://libdvd-pkg/{templates}

Dmitry Smirnov wrote: Justin B Rye wrote: Software seems the obvious solution, but in this particular context it feels slightly less natural - something like: This package downloads the sourcecode for ${PKGM} from ${UPSTREAM}, compiles it into binary deb package format

Bug#793937: [RFR] templates://libdvd-pkg/{templates}

Dmitry Smirnov wrote: This package downloads the sourcecode for ${PKGM} from ${UPSTREAM}, compiles it into binary deb package format, and installs the output (${PKGM_ALL}). I like the use of word software but I do not like word output in this context. Software seems the obvious

Bug#793938: [RFR] templates://openstreetmap-carto/{templates}

Christian PERRIER wrote: Rationale: --- openstreetmap-carto.old/debian/templates 2015-07-29 08:21:00.137809322 +0200 +++ openstreetmap-carto/debian/templates 2015-08-08 08:26:44.035687192 +0200 @@ -1,14 +1,18 @@ Template: openstreetmap-carto/fetch-data Type: boolean

Bug#793937: [RFR] templates://libdvd-pkg/{templates}

Christian PERRIER wrote: --- libdvd-pkg.old/debian/templates 2015-07-29 08:18:35.980914897 +0200 +++ libdvd-pkg/debian/templates 2015-08-08 08:24:38.242456340 +0200 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Type: note _Description: This package downloads the ${PKGG} source files from videolan.org, -

Bug#793937: [RFR] templates://libdvd-pkg/{templates}

Dmitry Smirnov wrote: Justin B Rye wrote: - compile them and install the binary deb package(s) + compiles them and installs the binary deb package(s) [${PKGG_ALL}]. . Please remember to run sudo dpkg-reconfigure ${PKGI} Spelling error fix I gather we're letting this get away

Bug#795158: explain spelling-error-in-description for 'allow to'

Niels Thykier wrote: The spelling-error-in-description correction Allow to - Allow one to is hard to understand without further explanation. @English: Do you have a suggestion for how we explain this simpler than the below? I suspect the long (sentence theoretical) explanation is not

Bug#794936: installation-guide: claims it will use CD-ROM as cover-term then doesn't

Samuel Thibault wrote: The file you attached doesn't contain all the changes you have described. (and trying to automatically pick them from the mail is deemed do fail :) ) Baffling. I thought the ~/standardize_on_CD-ROM_as_cover-term.patch that I attached was the same file as I'd included in

Bug#793939: [RFR] templates://publicfile-installer/{templates}

Christian PERRIER wrote: Quoting Justin B Rye (justin.byam@gmail.com): But why does it need a special script to install a package? (Goes and looks...) Yipe! It just checks I'm root and then runs dpkg -i /tmp/publicfile-installer/publicfile*_*.deb Does the build really leave its

Bug#794936: installation-guide: claims it will use CD-ROM as cover-term then doesn't

Source: installation-guide Version: 20150528 Severity: minor Tags: d-i patch In preparation for that proofreading sweep I claimed I was going to do (https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2015/07/msg00455.html;) here's a patch implementing a fix that has apparently already been decided on but then

Bug#794936: installation-guide: claims it will use CD-ROM as cover-term then doesn't

Joachim Wiedorn wrote: Justin B Rye wrote: The idea is, instead of constantly saying either CDs or CDs/DVDs, seemingly at random, when what it means is optical media of any sort whether that's CD, DVD, or BD, it should instead do what it announces it's going to do: use CD-ROM as an official

Bug#793939: [RFR] templates://publicfile-installer/{templates}

Christian PERRIER wrote: Rationale: --- publicfile-installer.old/debian/templates 2015-07-29 08:21:48.490182705 +0200 +++ publicfile-installer/debian/templates 2015-07-29 13:44:58.140605903 +0200 @@ -1,13 +1,16 @@ Template: publicfile-installer/build Type: boolean Default: false

Bug#789757: [RFR] templates://ejabberd/{templates}

Christian PERRIER wrote: --- ejabberd.old/debian/templates 2015-06-24 09:13:56.949463781 +0200 +++ ejabberd/debian/templates 2015-07-08 06:48:44.067323570 +0200 @@ -1,41 +1,45 @@ Template: ejabberd/hostname Type: string Default: localhost +_Description: Host name for this Jabber

Bug#789798: [RFR] New grub-installer-template

Christian PERRIER wrote: _Description: Add GRUB to firmware NVRAM configuration? By default, GRUB will be registered into NVRAM on platforms where this is required, such as UEFI Boot Manager or OpenFirmware boot devices. . Occasionally this is not desired (for instance on systems that PXE

Bug#789798: [RFR] New grub-installer-template

Philip Hands wrote: Template: grub-installer/no-nvram Type: boolean Default: false # :sl4: _Description: Avoid adding GRUB to Firmmware NVRAM configuration? ^ Hang on, typo (and why capitalised?) By default GRUB will be registered into NVRAM

Bug#790042: udev: missing NEWS.Debian

Package: udev Version: 220-7 Severity: minor The changelog claims: systemd (220-7) unstable; urgency=medium [...] [ Martin Pitt ] * Switch to net.ifnames persistant network interfaces (on new installations/for new hardware), and deprecate the old

Bug#789604: release-notes: 'halt' behaviour changed without notice

Vincent McIntyre wrote: I'm submitting this patch on the advice of the systemd maintainers. Could this be applied to the jessie release notes? It's good, but I've got a couple of English usage nitpicks: Index: issues.dbk ===

Bug#789604: release-notes: 'halt' behaviour changed without notice

Vincent McIntyre wrote: Justin B Rye wrote: It's good, but I've got a couple of English usage nitpicks: And I'm happy to have you pick the nits off my contribution :) Would you care to peruse #789652, which is related? Hmm, well, I've never proofread the installation-guide as a whole. I

Bug#786448: [BTS#786448] templates://neurodebian/{neurodebian.templates} : Final update for English review

Christian PERRIER wrote: A typo has been discovered by a translator in the rewritten templates (dpg-reconfigure instead of dpkg-reconfigure).* Please find the modified patch attache dto this mail. Thanks to that eagle-eyed translator; it's one of those words where I'm always on the lookout

Bug#786448: [RFR] templates://neurodebian/{neurodebian.templates}

to be merged. Sorry, no, I don't really understand Git. On Thu, 04 Jun 2015, Justin B Rye wrote: -_Description: Should NeuroDebian repository be enabled? +_Description: Enable the NeuroDebian packages repository? Make that package repository. wouldn't it collide with NeuroDebian package

Bug#785072: [LCFC] templates://cobbler/{cobbler.templates}

Christian PERRIER wrote: This is the last call for comments for the review of debconf templates for cobbler. Embarrassing paste-o: Package: koan [...] Description: kickstart-over-a-network (koan) Cobbler is a network install server supporting PXE, virtualized installs, and reinstalling

Bug#786448: [RFR] templates://neurodebian/{neurodebian.templates}

Christian PERRIER wrote: It's indeed hard to detail each and every proposed changes : there are many because the original files had to be both reviewed for English usageand also using the standardized writing style we usually recommend. The same stands for debian/control. ---

Bug#787012: lwt: package description fixes

Source: lwt Version: 2.4.3-4 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch The package descriptions for the lwt packages have some trivial non-native-English-speakerisms. Description: cooperative light-weight thread library for OCaml (runtime) (Normally I'd recommend saying light-weight cooperative threading

Bug#785072: [RFR] templates://cobbler/{cobbler.templates}

Justin B Rye wrote: Template: cobbler/server_and_next_server Type: string Default: 127.0.0.1 Wait, wait, wait. It's asking for two different things - a server value which might be a hostname and a next_server value which must be an IP(v4?) address - but there's no way of giving more than

Bug#785072: [RFR] templates://cobbler/{cobbler.templates}

Christian PERRIER wrote: Rationale: --- cobbler.old/debian/cobbler.templates 2015-05-12 07:41:05.726393726 +0200 +++ cobbler/debian/cobbler.templates 2015-05-25 08:03:28.835716244 +0200 @@ -1,22 +1,25 @@ Template: cobbler/password Type: password +#flag:translate!:5 _Description:

Bug#786468: irssi-plugin-otr: package description fixes

Source: irssi-plugin-otr Version: 1.0.0-1+b2 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch The package descriptions for irssi-plugin-otr and irssi-plugin-otr-dbg have a number of trivial stylistic issues. Package: irssi-plugin-otr [...] Description: Off-the-Record Messaging Plugin for Irssi If the package

Bug#785609: glob2: package description fixes

Source: glob2 Version: 0.9.4.4-2.3 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch The package descriptions for glob2 and glob2-data have a number of fairly trivial English language problems and other issues. Package: glob2 [...] Description: innovative state-of-the-art Real Time Strategy (RTS) game Two

Bug#785482: syncmaildir: package description fixes

Source: syncmaildir Version: 1.2.6-1 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch The package descriptions for syncmaildir and syncmaildir-applet have several fairly trivial non-native-English-speakerisms. Package: syncmaildir [...] Description: Sync Mail Dir is a set of tools to synchronize Maildirs

Bug#785330: woof: package description fixes

Package: woof Version: 20091227-2 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch The package description for woof has several trivial problems. Package: woof [...] Description: share files through HTTP protocol That should be either (somewhat redundantly) the HTTP protocol or just HTTP. (In fact DevRef

Bug#785260: autotalent: package description grammarfix

Package: autotalent Version: 0.2-4 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch The package description for autotalent contains a trivial grammatical error. Package: autotalent [...] Description: pitch correction LADSPA plugin Autotalent is a real-time pitch correction plugin. Users can specify the

Bug#784241: [RFR] templates://ooniprobe/{templates}

Christian PERRIER wrote: ooniprobe can be configured to run a set of basic network tests on a daily basis. This will test the currently network for signs of surveillance and ^^ censorship, and send the results to the main OONI collector through the Tor

Bug#783252: Document samba changes in regard to serving executable files to Windows clients

(Oops, slightly delayed by a powercut. Hurrah for FS journals.) Niels Thykier wrote: +section + titleSamba4 requires exec-bit to permit files to be open for execution/title + para s/open/opened/, and I don't think people say exec-bit (just executable bit). titleSamba4 requires

Bug#782915: release-notes: please add news from Debian GIS to release notes

Niels Thykier wrote: Andreas Tille wrote: fine from my point of view if you confirm that we spell lower case jessie instead of Jessie. [...] Corrected to Jessie. Wait, so why does https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/release-notes/ have wheezy all through? -- JBR with

Bug#782915: release-notes: please add news from Debian GIS to release notes

Niels Thykier wrote: Wait, so why does https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/release-notes/ have wheezy all through? It does not. It uses Wheezy in [1] (4.5.8.2. Screen). Admittedly, it is not clear to me when which should be used. That's sentence-initial capitalisation - it

Bug#783124: release-notes: proofreading updates for installer.dbk

Package: release-notes Severity: normal Tags: patch The installing.dbk file still has some worrying gaps - for instance: !-- TODO: Add Jessie : * The partition where to install grub can now be choosen -- But here is a proofreading patch for the material we've got so far. -- JBR

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