Package: grub-installer Severity: normal Tags: patch d-i The following proposed changes to debconf templates would make them more compliant to the proposed "Debconf Templates Style Guide" recently proposed for discussion.
-_Description: On which device should GRUB be installed? +_Description: Device for boot loader installation: Same proposal for aboot-installer. This is a string template, so opened prompting. -_Description: Unable to install grub in /target/. Continue anyway? - The grub package failed to install into /target/. It is required to - install GRUB as a boot loader. The install problem might be unrelated to - grub, and it might work to continue anyway. +_Description: GRUB installation failed. Continue anyway? + The grub package failed to install into /target/. Installing GRUB + as a boot loader is a required step. The install problem might however be + unrelated to GRUB, so continuing the installation may be possible. Shorter question. A full phrase makes the translators work too difficult. Moreover, here the short description should give a general idea of what happened and the extended description give details. s/grub/GRUB for coherency, except when we talk about the package name. Repeated in some other places. Template: grub-installer/grub-install-failed -Type: note +Type: error As far as I have understood, error messages should use the "error" type. Template: grub-installer/update-grub-failed -Type: note +Type: error Ditto. Template: debian-installer/grub-installer/title Type: text # Main menu item -_Description: Install GRUB on a hard disk +_Description: Install GRUB boot loader on a hard disk Well, more detailed and informative, imho..... -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux mykerinos 2.4.22 #2 Mon Sep 29 15:12:10 CEST 2003 i686 Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (ignored: LC_ALL set to fr_FR.UTF-8)
--- templates.ori 2003-10-29 18:39:12.000000000 +0100 +++ templates 2003-10-29 19:31:28.000000000 +0100 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Template: grub-installer/bootdev Type: string Default: (hd0) -_Description: On which device should GRUB be installed? +_Description: Device for boot loader installation: GRUB needs to install the stage 1 boot loader on a bootable device. This is usually the first hard drive. Note that GRUB counts devices differently than the Linux kernel, so the first one is usually '(hd0)'. Leave this at @@ -10,21 +10,21 @@ Template: grub-installer/apt-install-failed Type: boolean Default: yes -_Description: Unable to install grub in /target/. Continue anyway? - The grub package failed to install into /target/. It is required to - install GRUB as a boot loader. The install problem might be unrelated to - grub, and it might work to continue anyway. +_Description: GRUB installation failed. Continue anyway? + The grub package failed to install into /target/. Installing GRUB + as a boot loader is a required step. The install problem might however be + unrelated to GRUB, so continuing the installation may be possible. Template: grub-installer/grub-install-failed -Type: note -_Description: Unable to install grub in ${BOOTDEV} +Type: error +_Description: Unable to install GRUB in ${BOOTDEV} Executing 'grub-install ${BOOTDEV}' failed. . This is a fatal error. Template: grub-installer/update-grub-failed -Type: note -_Description: Unable to configure grub +Type: error +_Description: Unable to configure GRUB Executing 'update-grub' failed. . This is a fatal error. @@ -56,4 +56,4 @@ Template: debian-installer/grub-installer/title Type: text # Main menu item -_Description: Install GRUB on a hard disk +_Description: Install GRUB boot loader on a hard disk