[Pkg-virtualbox-devel] [RFR] templates://virtualbox-ose/{virtualbox-ose.templates}

Justin B Rye jbr at edlug.org.uk
Tue Jan 15 21:58:28 UTC 2008


Justin B Rye wrote:
> Arguing with the boilerplate paragraph and nothing else.

And forgetting to attach the patch.

>>  Package: virtualbox
> [...]
>> + VirtualBox is a free x86 virtualization solution allowing to run a wide
>> + range of x86 operating systems on a Linux system. This includes Windows,
>>   Linux, FreeBSD, DOS, OpenBSD and others.
[...] 
>  VirtualBox is a free x86 virtualization solution allowing a wide range
>  of x86 operating systems such as Windows, DOS, BSD or Linux to run on a
>  Linux system.
-- 
JBR	with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian
	sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package
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--- ../virtualbox-ose.old/debian/virtualbox-ose.templates	2008-01-09 19:17:08.000000000 +0000
+++ debian/virtualbox-ose.templates	2008-01-15 19:35:28.000000000 +0000
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 Default: false
 _Description: Proceed with virtualbox-ose upgrade despite losing snapshots?
  You are currently upgrading virtualbox-ose to a new upstream version. All
- snapshots will be discarded by this upgrade, because snapshots are version
- specific.
+ snapshots will be discarded by this upgrade, because snapshots are 
+ version-specific.
 
--- ../virtualbox-ose.old/debian/control	2008-01-09 19:17:09.000000000 +0000
+++ debian/control	2008-01-15 19:37:06.000000000 +0000
@@ -17,24 +17,25 @@
 Conflicts: virtualbox
 Replaces: virtualbox
 Provides: virtualbox
-Description: PC virtualization solution
- VirtualBox is a free x86 virtualization solution allowing you to run a wide
- range of PC operating systems on your Linux system. This includes Windows,
- Linux, FreeBSD, DOS, OpenBSD and others.
+Description: x86 virtualization solution - binaries
+ VirtualBox is a free x86 virtualization solution allowing a wide range
+ of x86 operating systems such as Windows, DOS, BSD or Linux to run on a
+ Linux system.
  .
- This packages contains the Open Source Edition of VirtualBox.
+ This package provides the binaries for the Open Source Edition of
+ VirtualBox.
 
 Package: virtualbox-ose-dbg
 Section: devel
 Priority: extra
 Architecture: amd64 i386
 Depends: virtualbox-ose (= ${binary:Version})
-Description: PC virtualization solution (debug)
- VirtualBox is a free PC virtualization solution allowing you to run a wide
- range of PC operating systems on your Linux system. This includes Windows,
- Linux, FreeBSD, DOS, OpenBSD and others.
+Description: x86 virtualization solution - debugging symbols
+ VirtualBox is a free x86 virtualization solution allowing a wide range
+ of x86 operating systems such as Windows, DOS, BSD or Linux to run on a
+ Linux system.
  .
- This packages contains the debugging symbols for the Open Source Edition of
+ This package provides the debugging symbols for the Open Source Edition of
  VirtualBox.
 
 Package: virtualbox-ose-source
@@ -43,37 +44,37 @@
 Conflicts: virtualbox-source
 Replaces: virtualbox-source
 Provides: virtualbox-source
-Description: Source for the VirtualBox module
+Description: x86 virtualization solution - kernel module source
+ VirtualBox is a free x86 virtualization solution allowing a wide range
+ of x86 operating systems such as Windows, DOS, BSD or Linux to run on a
+ Linux system.
+ .
  This package provides the source code for the virtualbox kernel module.
  The virtualbox-ose package is also required in order to make use of these
- modules. Kernel source or headers are required to compile this module.
- .
- VirtualBox is a free PC virtualization solution allowing you to run a wide
- range of PC operating systems on your Linux system. This includes Windows,
- Linux, FreeBSD, DOS, OpenBSD and others.
+ modules. Kernel sources or headers are required to compile this module.
 
 Package: virtualbox-ose-guest-source
 Architecture: all
 Depends: debhelper (>= 5), dpatch, module-assistant, bzip2, kbuild
-Description: Source for the VirtualBox Guest Addition module
+Description: x86 virtualization solution - guest addition module source
+ VirtualBox is a free x86 virtualization solution allowing a wide range
+ of x86 operating systems such as Windows, DOS, BSD or Linux to run on a
+ Linux system.
+ .
  This package provides the source code for the virtualbox guest addition kernel
- modules.  The virtualbox-ose-guest package is also required in order to make
- use of these modules. Kernel source or headers are required to compile these
+ modules. The virtualbox-ose-guest package is also required in order to make
+ use of these modules. Kernel sources or headers are required to compile these
  modules.
- .
- VirtualBox is a free PC virtualization solution allowing you to run a wide
- range of PC operating systems on your Linux system. This includes Windows,
- Linux, FreeBSD, DOS, OpenBSD and others.
 
 Package: virtualbox-ose-guest-utils
 Architecture: i386
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, pciutils
 Recommends: virtualbox-ose-guest-modules
 Suggests: virtualbox-ose-guest-source
-Description: PC virtualization solution - guest utils
- VirtualBox is a free PC virtualization solution allowing you to run a wide
- range of PC operating systems on your Linux system. This includes Windows,
- Linux, FreeBSD, DOS, OpenBSD and others.
+Description: x86 virtualization solution - guest utilities
+ VirtualBox is a free x86 virtualization solution allowing a wide range
+ of x86 operating systems such as Windows, DOS, BSD or Linux to run on a
+ Linux system.
  .
- This packages contains the guest utilities of the Open Source Edition of
- VirtualBox. These utilities are supposed to be run inside the virtual machine.
+ This package provides the guest utilities of the Open Source Edition of
+ VirtualBox. These utilities are meant to be run inside the virtual machine.
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Template: virtualbox-ose/upstream_version_change
Type: boolean
Default: false
_Description: Proceed with virtualbox-ose upgrade despite losing snapshots?
 You are currently upgrading virtualbox-ose to a new upstream version. All
 snapshots will be discarded by this upgrade, because snapshots are 
 version-specific.

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Source: virtualbox-ose
Section: misc
Priority: extra
Maintainer: Debian Virtualbox Team  <pkg-virtualbox-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org>
Uploaders: Philipp Hug <debian at hug.cx>, Marvin Stark <marv at der-marv.de>, Michael Meskes <meskes at debian.org>, Patrick Winnertz <winnie at debian.org>, Daniel Baumann <daniel at debian.org>, Hilko Bengen <bengen at debian.org>
Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 5), dpatch, bcc, bzip2, g++-multilib [amd64], iasl, kbuild, libacl1-dev, libasound-dev, libhal-dev, libidl-dev, libqt3-mt-dev, libsdl1.2-dev, libxalan110-dev, uuid-dev, xalan, xsltproc, yasm, libpulse-dev, po-debconf (>= 0.5.0)
Standards-Version: 3.7.3
Homepage: http://www.virtualbox.org/
Vcs-Svn: svn://svn.debian.org/svn/pkg-virtualbox/trunk
Vcs-Browser: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-virtualbox/trunk

Package: virtualbox-ose
Architecture: amd64 i386
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, adduser
Recommends: virtualbox-ose-modules
Suggests: virtualbox-ose-source
Conflicts: virtualbox
Replaces: virtualbox
Provides: virtualbox
Description: x86 virtualization solution - binaries
 VirtualBox is a free x86 virtualization solution allowing a wide range
 of x86 operating systems such as Windows, DOS, BSD or Linux to run on a
 Linux system.
 .
 This package provides the binaries for the Open Source Edition of
 VirtualBox.

Package: virtualbox-ose-dbg
Section: devel
Priority: extra
Architecture: amd64 i386
Depends: virtualbox-ose (= ${binary:Version})
Description: x86 virtualization solution - debugging symbols
 VirtualBox is a free x86 virtualization solution allowing a wide range
 of x86 operating systems such as Windows, DOS, BSD or Linux to run on a
 Linux system.
 .
 This package provides the debugging symbols for the Open Source Edition of
 VirtualBox.

Package: virtualbox-ose-source
Architecture: all
Depends: debhelper (>= 5), dpatch, module-assistant, bzip2, kbuild
Conflicts: virtualbox-source
Replaces: virtualbox-source
Provides: virtualbox-source
Description: x86 virtualization solution - kernel module source
 VirtualBox is a free x86 virtualization solution allowing a wide range
 of x86 operating systems such as Windows, DOS, BSD or Linux to run on a
 Linux system.
 .
 This package provides the source code for the virtualbox kernel module.
 The virtualbox-ose package is also required in order to make use of these
 modules. Kernel sources or headers are required to compile this module.

Package: virtualbox-ose-guest-source
Architecture: all
Depends: debhelper (>= 5), dpatch, module-assistant, bzip2, kbuild
Description: x86 virtualization solution - guest addition module source
 VirtualBox is a free x86 virtualization solution allowing a wide range
 of x86 operating systems such as Windows, DOS, BSD or Linux to run on a
 Linux system.
 .
 This package provides the source code for the virtualbox guest addition kernel
 modules. The virtualbox-ose-guest package is also required in order to make
 use of these modules. Kernel sources or headers are required to compile these
 modules.

Package: virtualbox-ose-guest-utils
Architecture: i386
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, pciutils
Recommends: virtualbox-ose-guest-modules
Suggests: virtualbox-ose-guest-source
Description: x86 virtualization solution - guest utilities
 VirtualBox is a free x86 virtualization solution allowing a wide range
 of x86 operating systems such as Windows, DOS, BSD or Linux to run on a
 Linux system.
 .
 This package provides the guest utilities of the Open Source Edition of
 VirtualBox. These utilities are meant to be run inside the virtual machine.


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