Package: update-notifier
Version: 0.99.3debian4
Severity: minor
Tags: l10n patch
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
Hi,
Currently the message shown in the notification area when a reboot is required
reads:
"To complete the update of your system, please restart it."
There are two problems with this message that make it misleading:
- when reviewing debconf templates, we discourage the use of "your system",
"your computer" etc because the person taking the action may not own
the machine;
- the noun is this sentence is "update", not "system", so the message is
asking the user to "restart the update", which is not desired.
The attached patch is one way of rewording this message to fix these problems,
but it is not the only way. If you'd like a more detailed review of the strings
in this package, please contact [email protected].
- -- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages update-notifier depends on:
ii gconf2 2.28.1-3 GNOME configuration database syste
ii gksu 2.0.2-2+b1 graphical frontend to su
ii libc6 2.10.2-7 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.86-1 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libgconf2-4 2.28.1-3 GNOME configuration database syste
ii libgdu0 2.30.1-1 GObject based Disk Utility Library
ii libglib2.0-0 2.24.1-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.20.1-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libgudev-1.0-0 153-2 GObject-based wrapper library for
ii libnotify1 [libnotify1-gtk 0.4.5-1 sends desktop notifications to a n
ii libx11-6 2:1.3.3-3 X11 client-side library
ii notification-daemon 0.4.0-2 a daemon that displays passive pop
ii python 2.5.4-9 An interactive high-level object-o
ii update-manager-gnome 0.200.3-2 GNOME application that manages sof
ii update-notifier-common 0.99.3debian4 Files shared between update-notifi
Versions of packages update-notifier recommends:
ii anacron 2.3-14 cron-like program that doesn't go
pn apport-gtk <none> (no description available)
ii software-properties-gtk 0.60.debian-1.1 manage the repositories that you i
ii synaptic 0.63.1 Graphical package manager
Versions of packages update-notifier suggests:
pn ubuntu-system-service <none> (no description available)
- -- no debconf information
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux)
iEYEARECAAYFAkvnFb8ACgkQymvqPtuAC1JQuQCdGlpDBkXk+Pg9C9EOXpV9zNXB
B7EAn2M+2m3xJiUuokJij98CeS3n8wYI
=o5ts
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
--- update-notifier-0.99.3debian4/src/reboot.c.old 2010-05-09 20:15:35.000000000 +0100
+++ update-notifier-0.99.3debian4/src/reboot.c 2010-05-09 21:01:27.000000000 +0100
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
/* Create and show the notification */
n = notify_notification_new_with_status_icon(
_("System restart required"),
- _("To complete the update of your system, "
- "please restart it.\n\n"
+ _("To complete the software update, "
+ "please restart this system.\n\n"
"Click on the notification icon for "
"details."),
GTK_STOCK_DIALOG_WARNING,
