Bug#430689: gpm: [debconf_rewrite] Debconf templates and debian/control review

Tue Jun 26 16:00:18 UTC 2007

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

Dear Debian maintainer,

On Tuesday, June 05, 2007, I notified you of the beginning of a review process
concerning debconf templates for gpm.

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 gpm with these changes right now.

The second phase of this process will begin on Friday, June 29, 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
Wednesday, July 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.

On Thursday, July 12, 2007, 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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--- gpm.old/debian/gpm.templates	2007-05-24 22:39:54.785422192 +0200
+++ gpm/debian/gpm.templates	2007-06-26 18:00:09.981971264 +0200
@@ -1,24 +1,36 @@
+# These templates have been reviewed by the debian-l10n-english
+# team
+#
+# If modifications/additions/rewording are needed, please ask
+# for an advice to debian-l10n-english at lists.debian.org
+#
+# Even minor modifications require translation updates and such
+# changes should be coordinated with translators and reviewers.
+
 Template: gpm/restart
 Type: boolean
 Default: false
-_Description: Do you want to start or restart GPM while X is running?
+_Description: Do you want to (re)start GPM while X is running?
  Usually, GPM should be started or restarted when it is installed or
- upgraded.  But when X is running and trying to use the same mouse
+ upgraded. However, when X is running and trying to use the same mouse
  device, this can sometimes cause a problem with the X mouse cursor.
  Switching to the console and then back to X will usually fix it.
 
 Template: gpm/device
 Type: string
-_Description: Which mouse device should gpm use?
- Where is your mouse device? If you have a regular PS/2 mouse, you probably
- want /dev/psaux. If you have a serial mouse, it may be something like
- /dev/ttyS0. If you have a usb mouse (make sure you have the modules
- loaded), it's /dev/input/mice. If you're on a Sun machine, it's probably
- /dev/sunmouse. If you're on an 68k Macintosh, it's probably /dev/mouse.
+_Description: Mouse device for GPM:
+ Please enter the mouse device name.
+ .
+ Common mouse devices names:
+  - PS/2 mouse:     /dev/psaux
+  - Serial mouse:   /dev/ttySx
+  - USB mouse:      /dev/input/mice
+  - Sun mouse:      /dev/sunmouse
+  - M68k Mac mouse: /dev/mouse
 
 Template: gpm/type
 Type: string
-_Description: What type is your mouse?
+_Description: Mouse type:
  Available mouse types are:
  .
  Name         Description
@@ -72,20 +84,20 @@
              (906,1212B,EasyPainter...)
   mtouch     MicroTouch touch-screens (only button-1 events reported)
   gunze      Gunze touch-screens (only button-1 events reported)
-  acecad     Acecad tablet in absolute mode (Sumagrapics MM-Series mode)
+  acecad     Acecad tablet in absolute mode (Summagraphics MM-Series mode)
   wp         Genius WizardPad tablet
 
 Template: gpm/responsiveness
 Type: string
-_Description: How responsive should the mouse be?
- Responsiveness defines the how often the cursor responds to mouse movement, and
- is expressed as a number here. If your mouse seems to move too slowly, try
- setting this to 15.
+_Description: Mouse responsiveness:
+ The responsiveness defines how often the cursor responds to mouse
+ movement, and is expressed as a number. If the mouse seems to
+ move too slowly, try setting this to 15.
 
 Template: gpm/repeat_type
 Type: string
 Default: ms3
-_Description: What protocol should be used to repeat mouse events?
+_Description: Protocol to use for repeating mouse events:
  GPM can act as a repeater via /dev/gpmdata, and give both GPM and X access
  to the mouse data in configurations where it would otherwise only be available
  to only X or GPM.
@@ -94,13 +106,12 @@
 
 Template: gpm/sample_rate
 Type: string
-_Description: What should the sample rate for the mouse be?
- The sample rate defines how often GPM polls the mouse device for new position
- data. This is often tweaked to make the mouse appear to move more smoothly, but
- it should not be changed unless you really know what you are doing.
+_Description: Mouse sample rate:
+ The sample rate defines how often GPM polls the mouse device for new
+ position data. Tweaking it can make the mouse appear to move more
+ smoothly, but this option is for experts only.
 
 Template: gpm/append
 Type: string
-_Description: Additional arguments to GPM
- If you need any additional arguments to make GPM work for your
- environment, add them here.
+_Description: Additional arguments for the GPM daemon:
+ Please enter any additional arguments that the GPM daemon should use.
--- gpm.old/debian/control	2007-05-24 22:39:54.765422025 +0200
+++ gpm/debian/control	2007-06-11 18:04:11.396655447 +0200
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@
 Section: misc
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, debianutils (>= 1.7), ucf (>= 0.28), lsb-base
-Description: General Purpose Mouse Interface
+Description: General Purpose Mouse interface
  This package provides a daemon that captures mouse events when the system
  console is active, and delivers events to applications through a library.
  .
- The default when no application is running is to emulate "selection", that
- is, to allow cut-and-paste with the mouse on the console the same way as
- it is done under X.
+ By default, the daemon provides a 'selection' mode, so that
+ cut-and-paste with the mouse works on the console just as it does
+ under X.
 
 Package: libgpmg1
 Priority: standard
