[Pkg-virtualbox-devel] Bug#463283: virtualbox-ose: [debconf_rewrite] Debconf templates and debian/control review

Wed Jan 30 07:16:36 UTC 2008

Package: virtualbox-ose
Version: N/A
Severity: normal
Tags: patch

Dear Debian maintainer,

On Sunday, January 13, 2008, I notified you of the beginning of a review process
concerning debconf templates for virtualbox-ose.

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 virtualbox-ose with these changes right now.

The second phase of this process will begin on Saturday, February 02, 2008, 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 Saturday, February 23, 2008. 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 Sunday, February 24, 2008, 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')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.23-1-686 (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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--- virtualbox-ose.old/debian/virtualbox-ose.templates	2008-01-09 13:56:27.748673230 +0100
+++ virtualbox-ose/debian/virtualbox-ose.templates	2008-01-30 08:16:28.335071360 +0100
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
+# 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.
+
 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.
+ snapshots will be discarded by this upgrade, because snapshots are 
+ version-specific.
 
--- virtualbox-ose.old/debian/control	2008-01-09 13:56:27.748673230 +0100
+++ virtualbox-ose/debian/control	2008-01-30 08:16:31.911068675 +0100
@@ -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.
