Package: vsftpd Version: N/A Severity: normal Tags: patch Dear Debian maintainer,
On Friday, February 27, 2009, I notified you of the beginning of a review process concerning debconf templates for vsftpd. 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, and if you have any objections, let me know in the next 3 days. However, please try to avoid uploading vsftpd with these changes right now. The second phase of this process will begin on Tuesday, March 24, 2009, 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 Tuesday, April 14, 2009. 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 Wednesday, April 15, 2009, 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: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
--- vsftpd.old/debian/vsftpd.templates 2009-02-22 08:00:47.293880705 +0100 +++ vsftpd/debian/vsftpd.templates 2009-03-17 07:50:22.075461146 +0100 @@ -1,12 +1,25 @@ +# These templates have been reviewed by the debian-l10n-english +# team +# +# If modifications/additions/rewording are needed, please ask +# [email protected] for advice. +# +# Even minor modifications require translation updates and such +# changes should be coordinated with translators and reviewers. + Template: vsftpd/username Type: string -_Default: ftp -_Description: Dedicated system account for ftp: - It is required that a unique account is defined which the ftp server can - use as a totally isolated and unprivileged user. +Default: ftp +_Description: Dedicated system account for the vsftpd FTP daemon: + The FTP server must use a dedicated account for its operation so that + the system's security is not compromised by running it with superuser + privileges. + . + Please choose that account's username. Template: vsftpd/directory Type: string -_Default: /srv/ftp -_Description: Directory for ftp root? - Please specify the directory that should serve as the ftp root. +Default: /srv/ftp +_Description: FTP root directory: + Please specify the directory that will be used as root for the + FTP server. --- vsftpd.old/debian/control 2009-02-22 08:00:47.293880705 +0100 +++ vsftpd/debian/control 2009-03-04 07:29:20.724369852 +0100 @@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ Conflicts: ftp-server Replaces: ftp-server Provides: ftp-server -Description: The Very Secure FTP Daemon - A lightweight, efficient FTP server written from the ground up with - security in mind. +Description: lightweight, efficient FTP server written for security + This package provides the "Very Secure FTP Daemon", written from + the ground up with security in mind. . - vsftpd supports both anonymous and non-anonymous FTP, PAM authentication, + It supports both anonymous and non-anonymous FTP access, PAM authentication, bandwidth limiting, and the Linux sendfile() facility.
