[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#496204: samba-common: package description overhaul

[Steve Langasek]

On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 01:55:35PM +0100, Justin B Rye wrote:
> Current package description:         
> # Description: Samba common files used by both the server and the client
> #  The Samba software suite is a collection of programs that
> #  implements the SMB/CIFS protocol for unix systems, allowing you to serve
> #  files and printers to Windows, NT, OS/2 and DOS clients. This protocol
> #  is sometimes also referred to as the LanManager or NetBIOS protocol.
> #  .
> #  This package contains the common files that are used by both the server
> #  (provided in the samba package) and the client (provided in the smbclient
> #  package).

> Suggested replacement text:
> | Description: Samba common files used by both the server and the client
> |  The Samba software suite implements the SMB/CIFS protocol, providing
> |  cross-platform support for Windows-style network shares.
> |  .
> |  This package contains files needed by both the samba and smbclient
> |  packages.

Counter-suggestion, consistent with bug #496200:

Description: common files used by both the Samba server and client
  Samba is an implementation of the SMB/CIFS protocol for Unix systems,
  providing support for cross-platform file and printer sharing with
  Microsoft Windows, OS X, and other Unix systems.
  .
  This package contains files and programs needed by Samba when used as
  either a client or a server.

The second paragraph again repeats the short description somewhat, but your
proposal (as well as the original) is inaccurate since samba-common is now
also needed for other packages like winbind.

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