On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 06:32:04PM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: > > I do not like to suggest reverting to exim 3. exim 3 is gone. > > > > New wording: > > This works only one-way: Exim4 can handle exim 3 spool but not > > s/exim 3/Exim 3 ?
Yes. Committed. > > > Template: exim4-base/drec > > > -Type: note > > > +Type: error > > > > According to the developer's reference, template type error is not > > ready to be used yet. > > It is now ready. You theoretically need to Version-depend on > "debconf >=1.4.69" but unless you intend to preserve backportability > on sarge, this is not needed. I see. Then the developer's reference needs updating. What exactly is the advantage of using error instead of note? I don't think that the message is a real error. > > > _Description: Reconfigure exim4-config instead of this package > > > - Exim4 has its configuration factored out into a dedicated package, > > > - exim4-config. If you want to reconfigure Exim4, use dpkg-reconfigure > > > - exim4-config. > > > + Exim has its configuration factored out into a dedicated package, > > > + exim4-config. To reconfigure Exim, use 'dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config'. > > > > The package name is Exim4. I'm going to keep this in the debconf > > templates. > > Well, OK. The intent was being consistent with the fact that Exim 4 is > the only really supported version, but well... Exim 3 in a package "exim" is not long enough gone for this change, IMO. > > > - If this system should not be a smarthost for any other host, leave > > > + If this system should not be a relay for any other host, leave > > > this list blank. > > > > "smarthost" is rather more special than "relay", so I'd vouch to keep > > the better fitting special term here. > > The only drawback is being more jargonic. Maybe add "relay" as an > extra explanation ? > > If this system should not be a smarthost (i.e. mail relay) for any > other host... I am not convinced. The word "relay" has been abused too much to be of real use here. The technically correct term is smarthost, and I don't see the advantage of using a term that is more fuzzy here. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 3221 2323190 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
