Bug#640085: icecast2: [debconf_rewrite] Debconf templates and debian/control review

[Christian Perrier]

Package: icecast2
Version: N/A
Severity: normal
Tags: patch

Dear Debian maintainer,

On Monday, August 15, 2011, I notified you of the beginning of a review process
concerning debconf templates for icecast2.

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 icecast2 with these changes
right now.

The second phase of this process will begin on Monday, September 05, 2011, 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 Monday, September 26, 2011. 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 Tuesday, September 27, 2011, 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: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-1-686-pae (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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--- icecast2.old/debian/templates	2011-08-14 09:24:23.655249057 +0200
+++ icecast2/debian/templates	2011-09-02 07:24:36.758274727 +0200
@@ -1,37 +1,49 @@
+# 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: icecast2/icecast-setup
 Type: boolean
 Default: false
-_Description: Setup Icecast2 - Enable Live HTTP Streaming?
- This option allows enable icecast2 on this server
- and configure passwords for icecast-server.
+Description: Configure Icecast2?
+ Choose this option to set up passwords for Icecast2. Until these are
+ configured the server will not be activated.
  .
- If you have already manually tweaked icecast2 configuration
- it may not work as expected.
+ You should not use this option if you have already manually tweaked
+ the configuration of Icecast2.
 
 Template: icecast2/hostname
 Type: string
 Default: localhost
-_Description: Icecast2 Hostname:
- Specify a fully qualified domain name.
- Icecast2 uses this as prefix to all streams.
+_Description: Icecast2 hostname:
+ Please specify the fully qualified domain name that should be used
+ as prefix to all streams.
 
 Template: icecast2/sourcepassword
 Type: string
 Default: hackme
-_Description: Icecast2 Source Password:
- Specify a password to send A/V sources to icecast
+_Description: Icecast2 source password:
+ Please specify the password that should be used to control access to
+ Icecast2's media sources.
 
 Template: icecast2/relaypassword
 Type: string
 Default: hackme
-_Description: Icecast2 Relay Password:
- Specify the default password for stream relay access.
+_Description: Icecast2 relay password:
+ Please specify the password that should be used to control access to
+ Icecast2's stream relays.
 
 Template: icecast2/adminpassword
 Type: string
 Default: hackme
-_Description: Icecast2 Admin Password:
- Specify the admin password. 
- You can access icecast2's admin interface via
- http://localhost:8000/ - and both monitor connection as
- well as block users.
+_Description: Icecast2 administration password:
+ Please specify the password that should be used for Icecast2
+ administration.
+ .
+ The administration web interface, at http://localhost:8000, can be
+ used to monitor connections or to block users from streaming.
--- icecast2.old/debian/control	2011-08-14 09:24:23.655249057 +0200
+++ icecast2/debian/control	2011-08-19 17:49:17.998777363 +0200
@@ -32,10 +32,8 @@
 Depends: adduser, ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
 Suggests: ices2
 Description: streaming media server
- Icecast is a streaming media server which currently supports Ogg
- streaming including the Vorbis and Theora codecs. Icecast can also
- handle other streams like MP3/AAC/NSV. It can be used to create an
- Internet radio station or a privately running jukebox and many things
- in between. It is very versatile in that new formats can be added
- relatively easily and supports open standards for communication and
- interaction.
+ Icecast is a versatile multimedia streaming server which can create
+ (for instance) a private jukebox or "Internet radio station". It
+ supports Ogg streaming using the Vorbis and Theora codecs, as well as
+ other formats such as MP3, AAC, or NSV, and is compatible with most
+ media players.