Package: po-debconf
Version: 1.0.15
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
There's a glitch in the present-tense third-person-singular
agreement in po-debconf's long description:
# Description: manage translated Debconf templates files with gettext
# This package is an alternative to debconf-utils and provide tools
^s
# to manage translated Debconf templates files with common gettext
# utilities.
While I'm at it I'd also suggest a couple of other changes:
* That short description is technically a Verb Phrase; the DevRef
guidelines recommend a Noun Phrase (minus articles).
* To avoid confusion with DebConf, call the configurator "debconf".
* In what sense is po-debconf an alternative to debconf-utils?
Given that ucf Recommends debconf-utils, can I substitute
po-debconf and expect unchanged functionality? I don't
think so; it should instead claim to be a _replacement_ for
debconf-getlang. Or better yet, not mention long-deprecated
utilities at all.
* The short description is repeated almost verbatim in the long
description. Phrase it slightly differently, so that
keyword searches have two chances to find it and readers
have two chances to understand it.
I'd suggest:
Description: utilities for managing templates file translations with gettext
This package provides tools for adding standard gettext-based i18n
(internationalization) support to debconf templates files.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.25.custom
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages po-debconf depends on:
ii gettext 0.17-4 GNU Internationalization utilities
ii intltool-debian 0.35.0+20060710.1 Help i18n of RFC822 compliant conf
ii perl 5.10.0-18 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
Versions of packages po-debconf recommends:
ii libcompress-zlib-perl 2.012-1 Perl module for creation and manip
ii libmail-box-perl 2.082-2 Manage a message-folder
ii libmail-sendmail-perl 0.79-5 Send email from a perl script
po-debconf suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
--
JBR
Ankh kak! (Ancient Egyptian blessing)
--- ../po-debconf.old/debian/control 2008-06-13 00:41:23.000000000 +0100
+++ debian/control 2008-12-09 14:21:55.000000000 +0000
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
Architecture: all
Depends: perl, gettext (>= 0.16), intltool-debian (>= 0.34.2+20060512)
Recommends: libmail-sendmail-perl, libcompress-zlib-perl, libmail-box-perl
-Description: manage translated Debconf templates files with gettext
- This package is an alternative to debconf-utils and provide tools
- to manage translated Debconf templates files with common gettext
+Description: tool for managing templates file translations with gettext
+ This package is an alternative to debconf-utils, and provides tools
+ for managing translated debconf templates files with common gettext
utilities.
