Bug#584616: astk: [debconf_rewrite] Debconf templates and debian/control review

Sat Jun 5 04:38:32 UTC 2010

Package: astk
Version: N/A
Severity: normal
Tags: patch

Dear Debian maintainer,

On Tuesday, May 18, 2010, I notified you of the beginning of a review process
concerning debconf templates for astk.

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 astk with these changes
right now.

The second phase of this process will begin on Tuesday, June 08, 2010, 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 Tuesday, June 29, 2010. 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 Wednesday, June 30, 2010, 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')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
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--- astk.old/debian/astk.templates	2010-05-14 18:59:41.431052913 +0200
+++ astk/debian/astk.templates	2010-06-05 06:38:16.303109868 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+# These templates have been reviewed by the debian-l10n-english
+# team
+#
+# If modifications/additions/rewording are needed, please ask
+# debian-l10n-english at lists.debian.org for advice.
+#
+# Even minor modifications require translation updates and such
+# changes should be coordinated with translators and reviewers.
+
 Template: astk/platform
 Type: select
 Choices: LINUX, P_LINUX, LINUX64, P_LINUX64
@@ -7,46 +16,50 @@
 
 Template: astk/domainname
 _Type: string
-_Description: astk server domain name:
-  This is the domain your astk server is a member of. Typically it is
-  something like "mycompany.com" or "myuniversity.edu".
+_Description: ASTK server domain name:
+ Please enter the domain name of the server that this ASTK client
+ should connect to.
 
 Template: astk/servername
 Type: string
-_Description: astk server unqualified hostname:
- Please enter the server hostname without domain name.
+_Description: ASTK server host name:
+ Please enter the host name (without domain name) of the server
+ that this ASTK client should connect to.
 
 Template: astk/node
 Type: string
-_Description: hostname:
- This is the name by which this computer will be known on the network. It
- has to be a unique name in your domain.
+_Description: ASTK client node name:
+ Please enter the public name by which this client will be known on
+ the network. It must be a unique name within the domain.
 
 Template: astk/EDITOR
 Type: select
 Choices: nedit, gedit --display=@D, kwrite --display @D, xemacs -display @D, emacs -display @D, xedit -display @D, xterm  -display @D -e @E -e vi
 Default: nedit
-_Description: favorite Editor.
- Please select the editor to be used.
+_Description: Standard editor:
+ Please select the command line that ASTK should use to launch an
+ editor.
 
 Template: astk/TERMINAL
 Type: select
 Choices: /usr/bin/xterm -display @D -e @E, /usr/bin/gnome-terminal --display=@D --command=@E, /usr/bin/konsole --display @D -e @E
 Default: /usr/bin/gnome-terminal --display=@D --command=@E
-_Description: favorite Terminal: 
- Please select the terminal to be used.
+_Description: Standard terminal emulator:
+ Please select the command line that ASTK should use to launch a
+ terminal window.
 
 Template: astk/MPIRUN
 Type: select
 Choices: LAM, OPENMPI, MPICH2
 Default: OPENMPI
-_Description: MPI implementation: 
- Please select the MPI implementation to be used.
+_Description: ASTK server MPI implementation:
+ Please select the MPI implementation used by the server that this ASTK
+ client should connect to.
 
 Template: astk/IFDEF
 Type: select
 Choices: LINUX, LINUX64
 Default: LINUX64
-_Description: "aster" platform.
- Please select the platform running aster.
- 
+_Description: ASTK server bit width:
+ Please select the bit width of the server that this ASTK client should
+ connect to.         
--- astk.old/debian/control	2010-05-14 18:59:41.435093043 +0200
+++ astk/debian/control	2010-05-23 16:02:16.125979119 +0200
@@ -9,27 +9,28 @@
 Vcs-Svn: svn://svn.debian.org/svn/debian-science/packages/code-aster/astk/
 Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/viewsvn/debian-science/packages/code-aster/astk/
 
-
 Package: astk
 Architecture: all
 Section: science
 Depends: tk8.5 | wish, tcl8.5 | tclsh, debconf (>= 1.5.30), ${misc:Depends}
 Recommends: astk-server
 Suggests: eficas, gmsh, grace, nedit, ddd
-Description: Code_Aster build/control system and front-end: Tcl client
- ASTK includes the Python build and control systems and Tcl front end for the
- Code_Aster finite element PDE solver.
+Description: graphical user interface for Code_Aster - client
+ Code_Aster is the finite element PDE solver used by the French
+ nuclear industry. ASTK provides a Tcl front end to its Python build
+ and control systems.
  .
- This package contains the ASTK Tcl front-end client.  If you want to run
- astk/aster on the local host, you need to install python-astk-server as well.
+ This package contains the ASTK client, which needs to connect to a
+ locally or remotely installed server (in the package "astk-server").
 
 Package: astk-server
 Architecture: all
 Section: python
 Depends: ${python:Depends}, python-numpy, debconf (>= 1.5.30), ${misc:Depends}
 Suggests: emacs, gdb, ddd
-Description: Code_Aster build/control system and front-end: Python server
- ASTK includes the Python build and control systems and Tcl front end for the
- Code_Aster finite element PDE solver.
+Description: graphical user interface for Code_Aster - server
+ Code_Aster is the finite element PDE solver used by the French
+ nuclear industry. ASTK provides a Tcl front end to its Python build
+ and control systems.
  .
- This package contains the astk server which runs aster.
+ This package contains the ASTK server, which runs Aster code.
