Hi Christian,
I'm not sure how to rewrite the template to use better wording (actually
I would prefer to drop debconf entirely). Can you give a suggestion?
Thanks, Gerrit.
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Template: dash/sh
Type: boolean
Default: false
_Description: Install dash as /bin/sh?
Bash is the default /bin/sh on a Debian system. However, since our policy
requires all shell scripts using /bin/sh to be POSIX compliant, any shell
that conforms to POSIX can serve as /bin/sh. Since dash is POSIX
compliant, it can be used as /bin/sh. You may wish to do this because
dash is faster and smaller than bash.
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On Fri, May 05, 2006 at 07:39:33AM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote:
> Package: dash
> Version: N/A
> Severity: minor
>
> The debconf templates for this package do not follow the
> recommendations given in the Developers Reference, section 6.5
> ("Configuration management with debconf").:
>
> http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/ch-best-pkging-practices.html#s-bpp-config-mgmt
>
> Even though not mandatory, this part gives general advices about the
> Right Way to write debconf templates to achieve a general consistency
> in Debian about the way to prompt users. Please make your best
> following these advices.
>
> If you follow these suggestions, please consider later using the
> podebconf-report-po utility from the "po-debconf" package, to notify
> translators of the induced changes. Then leave them a few days to
> update their translations (1 week is considered good practice so that
> translation teams can apply their usual QA policies).
>
> Usually, such templates "errors" for your package should be listed at:
>
> http://haydn.debian.org/~thuriaux-guest/templates/templates_by_packages.html#dash
>
> Most often encountered "errors":
>
> -using interrogative form for string/select/multiselect templates. For
> instance: "Which web server should be reconfigured?" instead of "Web
> server to reconfigure:"
>
> -making specific reference to some debconf interfaces widgets such as
> using "If you choose 'No'" in boolean templates
>
> -using the first person ("I will do this....")
>
> -too long extended description (should idealistically fit in one
> screen with the dialog interface in a 80x25 terminal)
>
> -extended description repeating the short description
>
> -extended description using an interrogative sentence in a boolean
> template. Only the short description should issue a question in such
> templates.
>
> -repeat the short description i nthe long description
>
> -non informative enough template. Think about users who install
> your package among dozens of others
>
> -too long template (fitting on a 80x25 screen is recommended)
>
> etc...
>
> Please get in touch with me in case you need more details about why I
> think your templates file need some rewrite. If you do so, please
> attach the debian/templates or debian/<package>.templates file so that
> I can propose you a rewrite.
>
>
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: testing/unstable
> APT prefers unstable
> APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1,
> 'experimental')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-1-686
> Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored:
> LC_ALL set to fr_FR.UTF-8)
>
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