[pkg-fso-maint] Bug#565577: libphone-utils: [debconf_rewrite] Debconf templates and debian/control review

[Christian Perrier]

Package: libphone-utils
Version: N/A
Severity: normal
Tags: patch

Dear Debian maintainer,

On Tuesday, December 29, 2009, I notified you of the beginning of a review process
concerning debconf templates for libphone-utils.

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 libphone-utils with these changes
right now.

The second phase of this process will begin on Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 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 Wednesday, February 10, 2010. 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 Thursday, February 11, 2010, 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 2.6.32-trunk-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
-------------- next part --------------
--- libphone-utils.old/debian/libphone-utils0.templates	2009-12-29 13:39:26.555742884 +0100
+++ libphone-utils/debian/libphone-utils0.templates	2010-01-17 08:05:59.907577263 +0100
@@ -1,29 +1,38 @@
+# These templates have been reviewed by the debian-l10n-english
+# team
+#
+# If modifications/additions/rewording are needed, please ask
+# debian-l10n-english at lists.debian.org for advice.
+#
+# Even minor modifications require translation updates and such
+# changes should be coordinated with translators and reviewers.
+
 Template: libphone-utils/international_prefix
 Type: string
 Default: 00
-_Description: international phone prefix:
- You can setup the prefix for international calls here.
- This prefix is "00" in a lot of countries.
+_Description: International phone prefix:
+ Please enter the prefix to dial for international calls.
+ This prefix is "00" in most countries.
 
 Template: libphone-utils/national_prefix
 Type: string
 Default: 0
-_Description: national phone prefix:
- You can setup the prefix for national calls here.
- This prefix is "0" in a lot of countries.
+_Description: National phone prefix:
+ Please enter the prefix to dial for national calls.
+ This prefix is "0" in most countries.
 
 Template: libphone-utils/country_code
 Type: string
-Default: 49
-_Description: country code:
- You can setup your country code here.
- For example it is "49" for Germany.
+_Defaultchoice: 49
+_Description: Telephone country code:
+ Please enter the international telephone code for the local country
+ (for instance, "49" for Germany).
 
 Template: libphone-utils/area_code
 Type: string
 Default: 0
-_Description: area code:
- You can setup your area code here.
- For example it is "30" for Berlin.
- This is normally only needed with
- landline phones.
+_Description: Area code:
+ Please enter the telephone code for the local area (for instance,
+ "30" for Berlin in Germany).
+ .
+ This is normally only needed with landline phones.
--- libphone-utils.old/debian/control	2009-12-29 13:39:26.555742884 +0100
+++ libphone-utils/debian/control	2010-01-03 16:45:31.743997398 +0100
@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends},
          ${misc:Depends}
 Description: library for basic phone operations
- This library contains basic functions needed by SHR
- phone software and FSO opimd daemon.
- .
- The library is used for handling international numbers.
+ This library contains basic functions needed by SHR phone software
+ and the FreeSmartphone.Org opimd daemon. It is used for handling
+ international numbers.
 
 Package: libphone-utils0-dbg
 Section: debug
@@ -26,13 +25,12 @@
 Depends: libphone-utils0 (= ${binary:Version}),
          ${shlibs:Depends},
          ${misc:Depends}
-Description: library for basic phone operations (debug symbols)
- This library contains basic functions needed by SHR
- phone software and FSO opimd daemon.
- .
- The library is used for handling international numbers.
+Description: library for basic phone operations - debug symbols
+ This library contains basic functions needed by SHR phone software
+ and the FreeSmartphone.Org opimd daemon. It is used for handling
+ international numbers.
  .
- This library contains the debug symbols for the library.
+ This package provides the debug symbols for the library.
 
 Package: libphone-utils-dev
 Section: libdevel
@@ -41,10 +39,9 @@
          ${shlibs:Depends},
          ${misc:Depends},
          libglib2.0-dev
-Description: library for basic phone operations (devel files)
- This library contains basic functions needed by SHR
- phone software and FSO opimd daemon.
- .
- The library is used for handling international numbers.
+Description: library for basic phone operations - development files
+ This library contains basic functions needed by SHR phone software
+ and the FreeSmartphone.Org opimd daemon. It is used for handling
+ international numbers.
  .
- This package contains the development files for this library.
+ This package provides the development files for this library.