[Pkg-mediawiki-devel] Bug#418986: mediawiki1.9: [debconf_rewrite] Debconf templates review

[Christian Perrier]

Package: mediawiki1.9
Version: N/A
Severity: normal
Tags: patch

Dear Debian maintainer,

On Friday, April 13, 2007, I notified you of the beginning of a review process
concerning debconf templates for mediawiki1.9.

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 mediawiki1.9 with these changes right now.

The second phase of this process will begin on Monday, April 16, 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
Saturday, April 28, 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 Sunday, April 29, 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'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-486
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
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--- /home/bubulle/travail/debian/rewrite/TAF/mediawiki1.9/mediawiki1.9.old/debian/templates	2007-04-13 08:18:02.763551650 +0200
+++ /home/bubulle/travail/debian/rewrite/TAF/mediawiki1.9/mediawiki1.9/debian/templates	2007-04-13 09:37:08.110695269 +0200
@@ -1,43 +1,48 @@
+# These templates have been reviewed by debian-l10n-english
+# Please do not modify them without asking for a review
+
 Template: mediawiki1.9/webserver
 Type: multiselect
 Choices: apache, apache-ssl, apache2, cherokee
 Default: apache2
-_Description: Web server(s) that should be configured automatically:
+_Description: Web server(s) to configure automatically:
+ Please select the web server(s) that should be configured
+ automatically for MediaWiki.
 
 Template: mediawiki1.9/upgrade
 Type: boolean
 Default: true
-_Description: Perform automatic upgrade from mediawiki1.7?
- You are upgrading from mediawiki1.7.
+_Description: Perform automatic upgrade from MediaWiki 1.7?
+ MediaWiki is being upgraded from version 1.7.
  .
- This package will install its files in a new location:
-  /var/lib/mediawiki1.9
- Then you need to upgrade your old mediawiki1.7.
+ The new package version uses /var/lib/mediawiki1.9 for the wiki
+ database.  The old database files need to be moved before
+ performing the upgrade.
  .
- This package provides a script to do this automatically.
- The script will make a backup of your database, upgrade it, and
- prepare a new configuration file for your new mediawiki. You
- will still be able to use this script later, by calling, as root,
+ This operation can be done automatically: the database will be
+ backed up, upgraded, and a new configuration file will be prepared
+ for the new version. The operation can be performed now. Alternatively,
+ you can perform it later by launching, as root,
  /usr/share/mediawiki1.9/debian-scripts/upgrade-mediawiki1.7.
  .
  Please note that this script has been designed only for upgrading 
- MySQL databases, you cannot use it with postgresql. Answer "no" 
- if this is your case.
+ MySQL databases. Do not choose this option if you are using PostgreSQL.
 
 Template: mediawiki1.9/upgrade-adminuser
 Type: string
 Default: root
-_Description: Administrative user for mediawiki1.9:
- Please provide a mysql account that has administrative access to your old
- mediawiki1.7 database.
+_Description: Database administrative user for MediaWiki 1.7:
+ Please provide a MySQL account that has administrative access to the
+ MediaWiki 1.7 database.
  .
- If you don't know any account, the root user is sufficient.
+ When in doubt, the MySQL root account can be used.
  .
- An AdminSettings.php file will be generated, and this file will
- be removed if you gave the root account, obviously.
+ An AdminSettings.php file will be generated unless the root account is
+ specified.
 
 Template: mediawiki1.9/upgrade-adminpass
 Type: password
 Default: 
-_Description: Administrative password for mediawiki1.9:
- Please give the password for the account you specified.
+_Description: Database administrative password for MediaWiki 1.7:
+ Please specify the password of the MySQL account with administrative
+ access to the MediaWiki 1.7 database.
--- /home/bubulle/travail/debian/rewrite/TAF/mediawiki1.9/mediawiki1.9.old/debian/control	2007-04-13 08:18:02.731551350 +0200
+++ /home/bubulle/travail/debian/rewrite/TAF/mediawiki1.9/mediawiki1.9/debian/control	2007-04-13 09:38:38.107495530 +0200
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 Description: website engine for collaborative work
  MediaWiki is a particular wiki engine (a program to easily
  create a website which can be edited in a collaborative
- maner). It is designed to handle heavy websites containing
+ manner). It is designed to handle heavy websites containing
  library-like documents : users can upload images/sounds,
  multilingual support, TOC autogen, ISBN links, ...
  Moreover, it keeps track of changes, so you can view diffs,
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 Description: math rendering plugin for MediaWiki
  MediaWiki is a particular wiki engine (a program to easily
  create a website which can be edited in a collaborative
- maner). It is designed to handle heavy websites containing
+ manner). It is designed to handle heavy websites containing
  library-like documents : users can upload images/sounds,
  multilingual support, TOC autogen, ISBN links, ...
  Moreover, it keeps track of changes, so you can view diffs,