Bug#701604: gkermit: cobwebby package description

2019-07-12 Thread Justin B Rye
Package: gkermit Version: 1.0-10 Followup-For: Bug #701604 This bug should probably be merged with 732938. > The package description for gkermit needs some routine maintenance. This is gradually rising from the level of "routine", but not enough to change the severity quite yet. >> [...]

Re: Please review package description of (open)motif

2013-01-19 Thread Justin B Rye
Paul Gevers wrote: > Agreeing with your argument, I would go for > > Description: Motif Window Manager Oh! Hurrah. [...] >>> contains the Motif window manager, which has clear but classical >>> appearance, >> >> "(It) has clear appearance" sounds like it's missing an article. >> >> (Clas

Re: Please review package description of (open)motif

2013-01-19 Thread Justin B Rye
Paul Gevers wrote: > [Please keep cc in the loop.] > > Currently, Graham and I are working on getting (open)motif [1] in shape > for inclusion in main. While I was going through the package I was > unhappy with the current description of the binary packages. I have > already extended the descripti

Bug#681190: xfonts-intl-phonetic: package description review

2012-07-11 Thread Justin B Rye
Package: xfonts-intl-phonetic Version: 1.2.1-8 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch I noticed a couple of minor spelling/language issues in the package descriptions for xfonts-intl-phonetic and emacs-intl-fonts, and naturally ended up reviewing the whole control file. (This isn't connected to the revie

Bug#627880: Typo in long description (Lainux/Linux)

2011-05-25 Thread Justin B Rye
David Paleino wrote: > Package: flashybrid > Severity: minor > Version: 0.16 > > Hello Kirill, > please read http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting to learn how to correctly > report a bug in a package in Debian. Well, if it's going to be reported, let's get all the rest of the problems in this des

Bug#404034: looks correct

2010-10-04 Thread Justin B Rye
Back in 2006, Reuben Thomas wrote: >> "A priori, that is, form these necessities of the": form --> from Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > I don't think this is a typo. > "form these necessities of the mind" > prepare the thought and wild ideas that are already running in your mind. It's definitely a ty

Bug#547251: closed by Agustin Martin Domingo (Bug#547251: fixed in wdm 1.28-3.5)

2010-04-11 Thread Justin B Rye
Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: >* Fixed to work with composite extension, so we avoid corruptions > when composite is enabled, and at a depth other than 24 > (Closes: #488715, #547251). I can verify that wdm_1.28-3.5_i386.deb no longer crashes on my Squeeze-testbed machine. Thank

Re: [LCFC] templates://isdnutils/{ipppd.templates,isdnlog.templates,isdnutils-b ase.templates,isdnvboxserver.templates}

2009-10-03 Thread Justin B Rye
Christian Perrier wrote: > This is the last call for comments for the review of debconf > templates for isdnutils. One problem I missed last time and one I created. > Template: isdnlog/country [...] > _Description: Country: > Please choose the local country. This will be used to set the rate tab

Re: [RFR] templates://isdnutils/{ipppd.templates,isdnlog.templates,isdnutils-b ase.templates,isdnvboxserver.templates}

2009-09-22 Thread Justin B Rye
Justin B Rye wrote: > Okay, I'll keep my hands off the package descriptions too. Sorry, I got bored and reviewed it anyway. Here's a separate diff for the control file, as an alternative to just sending it in as a wishlist bug report. > --- isdnutils-3.9.20060704.pristin

Re: [RFR] templates://isdnutils/{ipppd.templates,isdnlog.templates,isdnutils-b ase.templates,isdnvboxserver.templates}

2009-09-22 Thread Justin B Rye
Christian Perrier wrote: > Preamble: I *did not* review debian/control for this package. [...] Okay, I'll keep my hands off the package descriptions too. They aren't great, but they're intelligible. > Template: ipppd/ispphone [...] > At least one phone number has to be dialed in order to conn

Re: [RFR] templates://mserv/{mserv.templates}

2009-02-01 Thread Justin B Rye
Justin B Rye wrote: > This isn't quite a complete review. Some other bits I missed: > Package: mserv-cgi > Architecture: all > Depends: mserv-client, apache | httpd, ${perl:Depends} Needs s/apache/apache2/ and presumably s/httpd/httpd-cgi/, or maybe just removal from the ar

Re: [RFR] templates://mserv/{mserv.templates}

2009-01-31 Thread Justin B Rye
Christian Perrier wrote: > Your review should be sent as an answer to this mail. This isn't quite a complete review. > Template: mserv/mp3_location [...] > +_Description: Path to the root of the MP3 archive: > + Mserv needs to know where MP3 files are located so that it can index > + them. The f

Re: [RFR] templates://tpconfig/{templates}

2008-12-09 Thread Justin B Rye
Christian Perrier wrote: > Your review should be sent as an answer to this mail. Templates file: > _Description: Options to pass to tpconfig when booting: [...] > + Please specify any command-line options you want passed to tpconfig at > + boot or resume time. > + . > + These options will be pass

Re: [LCFC] templates://htdig/{templates}

2008-01-13 Thread Justin B Rye
Christian Perrier wrote: > This is the last call for comments for the review of debconf > templates for htdig. One search-and-replace: > Package: htdig [...] > Features: > - intranet searching, spanning multiple local web servers; > - robot exclusion; > - boolean expression searches; > -

Re: [RFR] templates://htdig/{templates}

2008-01-05 Thread Justin B Rye
Christian Perrier wrote: > Your review should be sent as an answer to this mail. > -Description: WWW search system for an intranet or small internet > +Description: web search and indexation system - binaries Annoyingly, "indexation" exists only as a technical term in accounting. And the indexin

Re: [ITR] templates://htdig/{templates}

2007-12-19 Thread Justin B Rye
Christian Perrier wrote: > The first step of the process is to review the debconf source > template file(s) of htdig. This review will start on Friday, December 21, > 2007, or > as soon as you acknowledge this mail with an agreement for us to > carry out this process. I'll be away from keyboard f

Re: [LCFC] templates://myphpmoney/{templates}

2007-07-01 Thread Justin B Rye
Christian Perrier wrote: > This is the last call for comments for the review of debconf > templates for myphpmoney. On looking at this again I've noticed a couple of things in the templates that I should have spotted the first time round. > Template: myphpmoney/mysql_user ... > _Description: MySQ

Re: [RFR] templates://myphpmoney/{templates}

2007-06-26 Thread Justin B Rye
Christian Perrier wrote: > Your review should be sent as an answer to this mail. All the template changes look good (once amended), but: > +_Description: Web server to use with MyPhpMoney: > + MyPhpMoney currently only supports Apache-like web servers. There's only one Apache left in un

Bug#318025: dict-freedict-sco-deu: "Scottish"?

2005-07-19 Thread Justin B Rye
Michael Bunk wrote: > I'm freedict upstream. Thanks for your report. Even though your introductory > question looks like a rhetoric question, since I don't know the languages > Gaelic or Scottish, I have to ask you to please answer your question :) > > Since it has only 300 headwords, I will put

Bug#318025: dict-freedict-sco-deu: "Scottish"?

2005-07-12 Thread Justin B Rye
Package: dict-freedict-sco-deu Severity: normal This is a dict package for translating between German and the variety of Gaelic spoken in Scotland, right? Well, the word "Scottish" is rarely used to refer to a language, but when it is, it isn't that one. * Gaelic (or Scots Gaelic, or Gaidhlig)

Bug#318024: dict-freedict-afr-deu: "Africaan"?

2005-07-12 Thread Justin B Rye
Package: dict-freedict-afr-deu Severity: minor Tags: patch This is a dict package for translating between the languages with ISO 639-2 Alpha-3 codes "afr" and "deu", right? +---+---+---+ | 639-2 | 639-2 | Name | +---+---+---

Bug#232848: arpd: contains mystery file

2004-02-15 Thread Justin B Rye
Package: arpd Version: 1.0.2-9.2 Severity: minor I'm not actually using this package, but I noticed ("http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_contents.pl?searchmode=filelist&word=arpd&version=testing";) that the testing/unstable edition contains a lost-looking file: ".so." - a hidden symlink to