> You'd better write:
> 
>  If you choose /var/www, which is Apache's default document root, all
>  files hosted in that directory MAY become publicly accessible. It is
>  therefore recommended to change your apache main DocumentRoot
>  configured in /etc/apache/httpd.conf or /etc/apache2/apache.conf
>  after the setup of DTC of you choose /var/www here.

OK. New attempt:

Template: dtc/conf_hostingpath
Type: string
Default: /var/www/sites
_Description: Path for hosted domains:
 Please enter the directory to be used by DTC to store files for
 all hosted domains.
 .
 If you choose /var/www, which is Apache's default document root, all
 files hosted in that directory may become publicly accessible. It is
 therefore recommended to change the DocumentRoot setting in Apache
 configuration if you choose /var/www as path for hosted domains.


> > Template: dtc/conf_use_nated_vhosts
> > Type: boolean
> > Default: false
> > _Description: Use "NATed" vhosts?
> >  DTC can configure Apache to use one of your IP addresses. If the
> >  server is firewalled with NAT and port redirections of public IP(s)
> >  address(es), a "NATed" vhost configuration can be generated.
> >  .
> >  This option should be chosen only if the server is directly connected
> >  to the Internet and uses a dynamic public IP addres. In such cases,
> >  NAT and port forwarding are mandatory for DTC.
> 
> No, this is not right! This option should NOT be choosen if the server
> is connected directly to the internet. So I would rather write this:

All this clearly shows that the whole thing is everythign but clear,
I'm afraid..:-|

New proposal:

Template: dtc/conf_use_nated_vhosts
Type: boolean
Default: false
_Description: Use "NATed" vhosts?
 DTC can configure Apache to use one of your IP addresses. If the
 server is firewalled with NAT and port redirections of public IP(s)
 address(es), a "NATed" vhost configuration can be generated.
 .
 This option should be chosen only if the server is not connected to
 the Internet directly, but through a firewall doing network address
 translation (NAT). If the server uses a dynamic public IP address,
 NAT and port forwarding are mandatory for DTC.

> I can't wait to have this new template ready, as I have corrected bugs
> in the current version in SID, and that I want to have it uploaded asap
> to remove them.
> 
> Last thing, before you send this new english template so it can be
> translated, I'll rewrap it to 80 cols as my sponsor seems to insist on
> this (which I also think is not a bad thing). I also think translators
> should be warned to take care of this (little) issue.

That is incorrect.

There is not technical point in rewrapping debconf templates to 80
cols.

The formatting of the original templates file is irrelevant to what
will be displayed to users.

Rewrapping to 80 cols is only relevant to improve the readability of
the debconf templates when doing what we're doing right now.


The formatting of PO files is of no importance for the result as
well. Here also, using some reasonable wrapping is recommended but not
mandatory.

My usual recommendation with PO files is using msgcat on them. I also
recommend maintainers to check the PO files:

msgcat fr.po >fr2.po

msgfmt -o /dev/null --statistics --check fr.po


So, there is no need to give special warning to translators and I
usually recommend maintainers to never ever touch translator's
files...except when they really know what they're doing..:)


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