[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#549539: sysvinit: [debconf_rewrite] Debconf templates and debian/control review

[Christian Perrier]

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

Dear Debian maintainer,

On Saturday, September 12, 2009, I notified you of the beginning of a review process
concerning debconf templates for sysvinit.

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 sysvinit with these changes
right now.

The second phase of this process will begin on Wednesday, October 07, 2009, 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 Wednesday, October 28, 2009. 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 Thursday, October 29, 2009, 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: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-686 (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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--- sysvinit.old/debian/sysv-rc.templates	2009-09-08 09:08:03.485746100 +0200
+++ sysvinit/debian/sysv-rc.templates	2009-09-28 07:10:39.132118802 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+# 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.
+
 # These templates have not been reviewed by the debian-l10n-english
 # team
 #
@@ -10,52 +19,30 @@
 Template: sysv-rc/convert-legacy
 Type: boolean
 Default: true
-Description: Migrate legacy boot sequencing to dependency based sequencing?
- The boot system is prepared to migrate to dependency based sequencing.
- It is recommended to migrate for the following reasons:
- .
-  * the order of boot and shutdown is calculated dynamically, using
-    dependency information declared within each init.d script, which
-    ensures optimum and correct boot sequence for the set of installed
-    packages
-  * protection against problems introduced by new or upgraded packages
-    by preserving the boot sequence when problems are detected; the boot
-    sequence is only modified if it is safe to do so
-  * potential for further optimization by way of concurrent boot
-    methodology in order to increase boot efficiency
-  * fixes long standing issues with the legacy, static priority based
-    boot ordering.
- .
- This migration process is non-reversible. The legacy way of ordering
- boot scripts using static sequence numbers will be made obsolete by
- choosing to migrate.  Any boot sequence changes done locally will be
- lost and have to redone using dependencies.
- .
- See http://wiki.debian.org/LSBInitScripts/DependencyBasedBoot for
- more information about dependency based boot sequencing. To
- reattempt the migration process run 'dpkg-reconfigure sysv-rc'.
+Description: Migrate legacy boot sequencing to dependency-based sequencing?
+ The boot system is prepared to migrate to dependency-based sequencing.
+ This is an irreversible step, but one that is recommended: it allows
+ the boot process to be optimized for speed and efficiency, and provides
+ a more resilient framework for development.
+ .
+ A full rationale is detailed in /usr/share/doc/sysvinit/README.Debian.gz.
+ If you choose not to migrate now, you can do so later by running
+ "dpkg-reconfigure sysv-rc".
 
 Template: sysv-rc/unable-to-convert
 Type: note
-Description: Unable to migrate to dependency based boot system
+#flag:translate!:3
+Description: Unable to migrate to dependency-based boot system
  Tests have determined that problems in the boot system exist which
- prevent migration to dependency based boot sequencing. It is
- recommended to migrate for the following reasons:
+ prevent migration to dependency-based boot sequencing:
  .
-  * the order of boot and shutdown is calculated dynamically, using
-    dependency information declared within each init.d script, which
-    ensures optimum and correct boot sequence for the set of installed
-    packages
-  * protection against problems introduced by new or upgraded packages
-    by preserving the boot sequence when problems are detected; the boot
-    sequence is only modified if it is safe to do so
+ ${PROBLEMATIC}
  .
- If the reported problem is a local modification it needs to be fixed
- manually.  If it's a bug in the package it should be reported to the
+ If the reported problem is a local modification, it needs to be fixed
+ manually. If it's a bug in the package, it should be reported to the
  BTS and fixed in the package. See
  http://wiki.debian.org/LSBInitScripts/DependencyBasedBoot for more
- information about how to fix the problems preventing migration. To
- reattempt the migration process after the problems have been fixed,
- run 'dpkg-reconfigure sysv-rc'.
+ information about how to fix the problems preventing migration.
  .
- The following problems were detected: ${PROBLEMATIC}
+ To reattempt the migration process after the problems have been
+ fixed, run "dpkg-reconfigure sysv-rc".
--- sysvinit.old/debian/control	2009-09-08 09:08:03.453775989 +0200
+++ sysvinit/debian/control	2009-09-13 09:14:08.626206059 +0200
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 Breaks: initscripts (<< 2.86.ds1-63)
 Description: System-V-like runlevel change mechanism
  This package provides support for the System-V like system
- for booting, shutting down and changing runlevels,
+ for booting, changing runlevels, and shutting down,
  configured through symbolic links in /etc/rc?.d/.
 
 Package: initscripts
@@ -57,6 +57,4 @@
 Replaces: libc6, libc6.1, libc0.1, libc0.3
 Description: scripts for initializing and shutting down the system
  The scripts in this package initialize a standard Debian
- GNU/Linux system at boot time and shut it down at halt or
- reboot time.
-
+ system at boot time and shut it down at halt or reboot time.