[Pkg-openldap-devel] Request for English debconf template review

[Justin B Rye]

Steve Langasek wrote:
> A new upstream version of OpenLDAP has brought with it a need for a new
> debconf template.  Can you please review the following and suggest any
> improvements that you think are needed?

> Template: slapd/slurpd_obsolete
> Type: error
> _Description: slurpd is obsolete; replicas must be reconfigured by hand
>  One or more slurpd "replica" options were found in your slapd config
>  when upgrading.  Because slurpd is obsolete beginning with OpenLDAP 
>  2.4, you will need to migrate your replicas to use the syncrepl
>  protocol instead.
>  .
>  Since syncrepl is a pull-based protocol instead of a push-based one,
>  your configuration cannot be automatically converted for you and you
>  will need to configure your replica servers by hand.  Please see
>  http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin24/syncrepl.html for details.

I don't see any typos or serious stuff like that.

Of course, if I look hard enough I'll find something to moan about.
It does have a bit of an echo ("because foo, you will need to bar;
since baz, you will need to quux").  How about this:

   During the upgrade, one or more slurpd "replica" options were found
   in the slapd configuration file. Beginning with OpenLDAP 2.4, slurpd
   is obsolete, so the replicas will need to be migrated to using
   syncrepl instead.
   .
   The conversion from the push-based slurpd protocol to the pull-based
   syncrepl protocol cannot be performed automatically. Please see
   http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin24/syncrepl.html for details of how
   to configure the replica servers by hand.

(I've taken out all the "you"s, which may be going overboard.)
-- 
JBR	with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian
	sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package