[DebianGIS-dev] Bug#433710: mapserver: [debconf_rewrite] Debconf templates and debian/control review

[Christian Perrier]

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

Dear Debian maintainer,

On Tuesday, July 03, 2007, I notified you of the beginning of a review process
concerning debconf templates for mapserver.

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 mapserver with these changes right now.

The second phase of this process will begin on Saturday, July 21, 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 Saturday, August 11, 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 2.6.21-1-686 (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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--- mapserver.old/debian/php5-mapscript.templates	2007-06-26 10:59:26.725090484 +0200
+++ mapserver/debian/php5-mapscript.templates	2007-07-18 20:00:45.846219049 +0200
@@ -1,15 +1,24 @@
+# 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: php5-mapscript/add_extension
 Type: boolean
 Default: true
-_Description: Should ${extname} be added to /etc/php5/${sapiconfig}/php.ini?
- You are installing ${extname} support for php5 and it is not yet
- enabled in the configuration for the ${sapiconfig} SAPI. Enabling
- this extension will allow php5 scripts to use it.
+_Description: Should ${extname} support be added for ${sapiconfig}?
+ You are installing ${extname} support for PHP5, but it is not yet
+ enabled in /etc/php5/${sapiconfig}/php.ini. Enabling this extension
+ will allow PHP5 scripts to use it.
 
 Template: php5-mapscript/remove_extension
 Type: boolean
 Default: true
-_Description: Should ${extname} be removed from /etc/php5/${sapiconfig}/php.ini?
- You are removing ${extname} support for php5, but it is still enabled
- in the configuration for the ${sapiconfig} SAPI.  Leaving this in place
+_Description: Should ${extname} support be removed for ${sapiconfig}?
+ You are removing ${extname} support for PHP5, but it is still
+ enabled in /etc/php5/${sapiconfig}/php.ini. Leaving this in place
  will probably cause problems when trying to use PHP.
--- mapserver.old/debian/control	2007-06-26 10:59:26.725090484 +0200
+++ mapserver/debian/control	2007-07-05 20:17:25.527372017 +0200
@@ -17,30 +17,33 @@
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
 Suggests: mapserver-bin, mapserver-doc
-Description: module for php5-cgi to use mapserver
- PHP MapScript allows you to use the MapServer functionalities with PHP web
- scripting language.
- .
- This module currently works only with PHP as an Apache DSO.
+Description: php5-cgi module for MapServer
+ PHP MapScript provides MapServer functions for PHP scripts.
 
 Package: perl-mapscript
 Section: perl
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${perl:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}
 Suggests: mapserver-bin, mapserver-doc
-Description: perl mapserver library
- perl mapscript allows you to use the MapServer functionalities
- with perl scripting language.
+Description: Perl MapServer library
+ Perl MapScript provides MapServer functions for Perl scripts.
 
 Package: cgi-mapserver
 Section: web
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
 Suggests: mapserver-bin, mapserver-doc
-Description: cgi module of mapserver
- This package contains the cgi binary file. It provides the MapServer
- template language as well as WFS, WMS and WCS server and client
- capabilities.
+Description: CGI executable for MapServer
+ This package contains the mapserv CGI program. It provides the
+ MapServer template language, and can be used to implement Web Map
+ Service applications.
+ .
+ MapServer is a CGI-based framework for Internet map services which
+ supports Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards. Scripting
+ functionality in MapScript is provided by the suggested mapscript
+ library packages.
+ .
+  Homepage: http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu
 
 Package: python-mapscript
 Section: python
@@ -49,30 +52,21 @@
 Suggests: mapserver-bin, mapserver-doc
 Provides: ${python:Provides}
 XB-Python-Version: ${python:Versions}
-Description: python mapserver lib
- Python mapscript allows you to use the MapServer functionalities
- with the Python scripting language.
+Description: Python library for MapServer
+ Python MapScript provides MapServer functions for Python scripts.
 
 Package: mapserver-bin
 Section: misc
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${perl:Depends}
 Suggests: libdbi-perl, perl-mapscript, python-mapscript, cgi-mapserver, mapserver-doc, php5-mapscript
-Description: mapserver binary utilities
- Binary utilities for using MapServer with the command line.
- .
- MapServer is an OpenSource development environment for building spatially
- enabled Internet applications.
- .
- The MapServer system includes MapScript that allows popular
- scripting languages such as :
+Description: MapServer utilities
+ This package provides command-line utilities for MapServer.
  .
-   * PHP provided by php5-mapscript.
-   * Python provided by python-mapscript.
-   * Perl provided by perl-mapscript.
-   * Java is not supported by any package.
- .
- Mapserver template language, WFS, WMS, WCS are provided by cgi-mapserver.
+ MapServer is a CGI-based framework for Internet map services which
+ supports Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards. Scripting
+ functionality in MapScript is provided by the suggested mapscript
+ library packages.
  .
   Homepage: http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu
 
@@ -81,20 +75,12 @@
 Architecture: all
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
 Suggests: perl-mapscript, python-mapscript, php5-mapscript, cgi-mapserver
-Description: documentation for mapserver
- Some short documentation and examples for MapServer.
- .
- MapServer is an OpenSource development environment for building spatially
- enabled Internet applications.
- .
- The MapServer system includes MapScript that allows using popular
- scripting languages such as :
+Description: documentation for MapServer
+ This package provides some brief documentation for MapServer.
  .
-   * PHP provided by php5-mapscript.
-   * Python provided by python-mapscript.
-   * Perl provided by perl-mapscript.
-   * Java is not supported by any package.
+ MapServer is a CGI-based framework for Internet map services which
+ supports Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards. Scripting
+ functionality in MapScript is provided by the suggested mapscript
+ library packages.
  .
- Mapserver template language, WFS, WMS, WCS are provided by cgi-mapserver.
- .
-  Homepage: http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs
+  Homepage: http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu