Package: e2fslibs
Version: 1.41.7-1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Lat year I nagged you into updating the package description for
e2fsprogs to acknowledge the existence of ext3+ (#483023); but this
left the other descriptions in the same control file lagging behind.
Suggested patch attached; justifications follow.
> -Description: ext2 filesystem libraries
> - The ext2fs and e2p libraries are used by programs that directly access
> - EXT2 filesystems from usermode programs. The EXT2 filesystem is very often
> - used as the default filesystem on Linux systems. Various system programs
> - that use libext2fs include e2fsck, mke2fs, tune2fs, etc. Programs that use
> - libe2p include dumpe2fs, chattr, and lsattr.
Problems:
* the "s/ext2/ext2-to-ext4/" issue;
* the phrase "programs that access filesystems from programs";
* the weasel-rich "some programs include foo, bar, baz, etc";
* repetition of the words "use" and "program".
Solution: recycle some boilerplate from e2fsprogs.
> +Description: ext2/ext3/ext4 file system libraries
> + The ext2, ext3 and ext4 file systems are successors of the original ext
> + ("extended") file system. They are the main file system types used for
> + hard disks on Debian and other Linux systems.
> + .
> + This package provides the ext2fs and e2p libraries, for userspace software
> + that directly accesses extended file systems. Programs that use libext2fs
> + include e2fsck, mke2fs, and tune2fs. Programs that use libe2p include
> + dumpe2fs, chattr, and lsattr.
Incidentally, I'm using a single space between sentences there, but
I haven't edited the whole control file for consistency;
single-spacing is the standard recommended on debian-l10n-english,
but it isn't mandated anywhere official. (And it's not what I
habitually use myself!)
> -Description: ext2 filesystem libraries - headers and static libraries
> - The ext2fs and e2p libraries are used by programs that directly access
> - EXT2 filesystems from usermode programs. The EXT2 filesystem is very often
> - used as the default filesystem on Linux systems. Various system programs
> - that use libext2fs include e2fsck, mke2fs, tune2fs, etc. Programs that use
> - libe2p include dumpe2fs, chattr, and lsattr.
> +Description: ext2/ext3/ext4 file system libraries - headers and static
> libraries
> + The ext2, ext3 and ext4 file systems are successors of the original ext
> + ("extended") file system. They are the main file system types used for
> + hard disks on Debian and other Linux systems.
I've taken out the part that explains what these particular
libraries do and replaced it with the same old boilerplate that
explains what ext*fs is. That's less informative, but you wouldn't
install the devel package if you didn't already know all this.
> -Description: Debugging information for e2fsprogs
> +Description: debugging information for e2fsprogs
[...]
> -Description: Debugging information for uuid-runtime
> +Description: debugging information for uuid-runtime
[...etc...]
For consistency and DevRef6.2.2 compliance.
--
JBR
Ankh kak! (Ancient Egyptian blessing)
diff -ur e2fsprogs-1.41.7.pristine/debian/control e2fsprogs-1.41.7/debian/control
--- e2fsprogs-1.41.7.pristine/debian/control 2009-06-01 12:48:42.000000000 +0100
+++ e2fsprogs-1.41.7/debian/control 2009-07-02 13:20:32.000000000 +0100
@@ -194,12 +194,15 @@
Replaces: e2fsprogs (<< 1.34-1)
Provides: libext2fs2, libe2p2
Architecture: any
-Description: ext2 filesystem libraries
- The ext2fs and e2p libraries are used by programs that directly access
- EXT2 filesystems from usermode programs. The EXT2 filesystem is very often
- used as the default filesystem on Linux systems. Various system programs
- that use libext2fs include e2fsck, mke2fs, tune2fs, etc. Programs that use
- libe2p include dumpe2fs, chattr, and lsattr.
+Description: ext2/ext3/ext4 file system libraries
+ The ext2, ext3 and ext4 file systems are successors of the original ext
+ ("extended") file system. They are the main file system types used for
+ hard disks on Debian and other Linux systems.
+ .
+ This package provides the ext2fs and e2p libraries, for userspace software
+ that directly accesses extended file systems. Programs that use libext2fs
+ include e2fsck, mke2fs, and tune2fs. Programs that use libe2p include
+ dumpe2fs, chattr, and lsattr.
Package: e2fslibs-dev
Section: libdevel
@@ -209,12 +212,10 @@
Provides: ext2fs-dev, e2p-dev
Replaces: libkrb5-dev (<< 1.3)
Architecture: any
-Description: ext2 filesystem libraries - headers and static libraries
- The ext2fs and e2p libraries are used by programs that directly access
- EXT2 filesystems from usermode programs. The EXT2 filesystem is very often
- used as the default filesystem on Linux systems. Various system programs
- that use libext2fs include e2fsck, mke2fs, tune2fs, etc. Programs that use
- libe2p include dumpe2fs, chattr, and lsattr.
+Description: ext2/ext3/ext4 file system libraries - headers and static libraries
+ The ext2, ext3 and ext4 file systems are successors of the original ext
+ ("extended") file system. They are the main file system types used for
+ hard disks on Debian and other Linux systems.
.
This package contains the development environment for the ext2fs and e2p
libraries.
@@ -239,7 +240,7 @@
Priority: extra
Depends: e2fsprogs (= ${binary:Version})
Architecture: any
-Description: Debugging information for e2fsprogs
+Description: debugging information for e2fsprogs
This package includes the debug information useful for debugging e2fsprogs
and its libraries, contained in the e2fsprogs and e2fsck-static packages.
The debug information is used for execution tracing and core
@@ -250,7 +251,7 @@
Priority: extra
Depends: uuid-runtime (= ${binary:Version})
Architecture: any
-Description: Debugging information for uuid-runtime
+Description: debugging information for uuid-runtime
This package includes the debug information useful for debugging the
uuid runtime programs, contained in the uuid-runtime package.
The debugging information is used for execution tracing and core
@@ -261,7 +262,7 @@
Priority: extra
Depends: e2fslibs (= ${binary:Version})
Architecture: any
-Description: Debugging information for e2fslibs
+Description: debugging information for e2fslibs
This package includes the debug information useful for debugging the
ext2fs and e2p libraries, contained in the e2fslibs package. The debug
information is used for execution tracing and core dump analysis.
@@ -271,7 +272,7 @@
Priority: extra
Depends: libcomerr2 (= ${binary:Version})
Architecture: any
-Description: Debugging information for libcomerr2
+Description: debugging information for libcomerr2
This package includes the debug information useful for debugging the
com_err library, contained in the libcomerr2 package. The debugging
information is used for execution tracing and core dump analysis.
@@ -281,7 +282,7 @@
Priority: extra
Depends: libss2 (= ${binary:Version})
Architecture: any
-Description: Debugging information for libss2
+Description: debugging information for libss2
This package includes the debug information useful for debugging the
ss library, contained in the libss2 package. The debug information
is used for execution tracing and core dump analysis.
@@ -291,7 +292,7 @@
Priority: extra
Depends: libblkid1 (= ${binary:Version})
Architecture: any
-Description: Debugging information for libblkid1
+Description: debugging information for libblkid1
This package includes the debug information useful for debugging the
blkid library, contained in the libblkid1 package. The debug
information is used for execution tracing and core dump analysis.
@@ -301,7 +302,7 @@
Priority: extra
Depends: libuuid1 (= ${binary:Version})
Architecture: any
-Description: Debugging information for libuuid1
+Description: debugging information for libuuid1
This package includes the debug information useful for debugging the
UUID library, contained in the libuuid1 package. The debug
information is used for execution tracing and core dump analysis.
