[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#425208: alsa-driver: [debconf_rewrite] Debconf templates review

[Christian Perrier]

Package: alsa-driver
Version: N/A
Severity: normal
Tags: patch

Dear Debian maintainer,

On Wednesday, May 02, 2007, I notified you of the beginning of a review process
concerning debconf templates for alsa-driver.

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 alsa-driver with these changes right now.

The second phase of this process will begin on Wednesday, May 23, 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
Monday, June 04, 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.

On Tuesday, June 05, 2007, 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'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.20-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
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--- /home/bubulle/travail/debian/rewrite/LCFC/alsa-driver/alsa-driver.old/debian/alsa-source.templates	2007-04-30 11:13:21.421891884 +0200
+++ /home/bubulle/travail/debian/rewrite/LCFC/alsa-driver/alsa-driver/debian/alsa-source.templates	2007-05-20 09:21:27.045263829 +0200
@@ -1,15 +1,24 @@
+# These templates have been reviewed by the debian-l10n-english
+# team
+#
+# If modifications/additions/rewording are needed, please ask
+# for an advice to debian-l10n-english at lists.debian.org
+#
+# Even minor modifications require translation updates and such
+# changes should be coordinated with translators and reviewers.
+
 Template: alsa-source/has_pnp
 Type: boolean
 Default: true
 _Description: Build ALSA drivers with ISA PnP support?
- If you agree then the ALSA drivers will be built with
+ If you choose this option, the ALSA drivers will be built with
  support for the isa-pnp driver.
 
 Template: alsa-source/debug
 Type: boolean
 Default: false
 _Description: Build ALSA drivers with debugging code?
- If you agree then the ALSA drivers will be built with
+ If you choose this option, the ALSA drivers will be built with
  code to help with debugging.
 
 Template: alsa-source/cards_to_be_built
@@ -19,9 +28,8 @@
 __Choices: all, ${alsa_cards}
 #flag:translate!:4
 _Description: ALSAdrivers to build:
- Select the ALSA sound card drivers that should be included
- in alsa-modules packages that are built from the sources
- included in the alsa-source package.
+ Please select the ALSA sound card drivers that should be included
+ in alsa-modules packages built from these sources.
  .
  The following is a list of available sound card drivers
  along with short descriptions.
--- /home/bubulle/travail/debian/rewrite/LCFC/alsa-driver/alsa-driver.old/debian/linux-sound-base.templates	2007-04-30 11:13:21.417891861 +0200
+++ /home/bubulle/travail/debian/rewrite/LCFC/alsa-driver/alsa-driver/debian/linux-sound-base.templates	2007-05-20 09:21:27.129263943 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+# These templates have been reviewed by the debian-l10n-english
+# team
+#
+# If modifications/additions/rewording are needed, please ask
+# for an advice to debian-l10n-english at lists.debian.org
+#
+# Even minor modifications require translation updates and such
+# changes should be coordinated with translators and reviewers.
+
 Template: linux-sound-base/sound_system
 Type: select
 #flag:translate:3
@@ -7,16 +16,12 @@
  ALSA and OSS are alternative systems of drivers for
  sound hardware.
  .
- If either ALSA or OSS is selected then in cases where
- both systems offer a driver, only the driver from the
- selected sound system will be automatically loaded by
- hotplug or discover. If "default" is selected then the
- choice of which drivers to load automatically will be
- left up to hotplug or discover and may depend upon the
- kernel version. Removing the linux-sound-base package
- effectively puts the system into "default" mode.
+ Selecting ALSA or OSS will enforce the use of such a driver
+ even in cases where both drivers exist.
  .
- The ALSA sound system is recommended. Select OSS only if
- you are using a 2.4 kernel and you do not want to
- install an alsa-modules package, or if the OSS driver
- works with your hardware and the ALSA driver does not.
+ Choosing the "default" option will mean this decision is left to the
+ hardware detection mechanism, and may depend upon the kernel version.
+ Removing the linux-sound-base package effectively puts the system
+ into "default" mode.
+ .
+ Choosing the ALSA sound system is strongly recommended.