Package: hddtemp Version: N/A Severity: normal Tags: patch Dear Debian maintainer,
On Thursday, January 10, 2008, I notified you of the beginning of a review process concerning debconf templates for hddtemp. 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 are suggested, and if you have any objections, let me know in the next 3 days. Please try to avoid uploading hddtemp with these changes right now. The second phase of this process will begin on Monday, January 28, 2008, 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 Monday, February 18, 2008. 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 Tuesday, February 19, 2008, 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: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.23-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
--- hddtemp.old/debian/templates 2007-12-20 05:54:16.106116830 +0100 +++ hddtemp/debian/templates 2008-01-25 07:28:14.473193955 +0100 @@ -1,52 +1,63 @@ +# These templates have been reviewed by the debian-l10n-english +# team +# +# If modifications/additions/rewording are needed, please ask +# [EMAIL PROTECTED] for advice. +# +# Even minor modifications require translation updates and such +# changes should be coordinated with translators and reviewers. + Template: hddtemp/SUID_bit Type: boolean Default: false -_Description: Do you want /usr/sbin/hddtemp to be installed SUID root? - You have the option of installing hddtemp with the SUID bit set. +_Description: Should /usr/sbin/hddtemp be installed SUID root? + You have the option of installing hddtemp with the SUID bit set, + allowing it to be run (reporting hard drive temperatures) by regular + users and not only the superuser. + . + This could potentially allow hddtemp to be used during an attack + against the computer's security. If in doubt, do not choose this option. . - If you make hddtemp SUID, unprivileged users of your systems will be able - to run it. This could, however, potentially allow hddtemp to be used - during a security attack on your computer. If in doubt, it is suggested - to install it without SUID. If you later change your mind, you can run: - 'dpkg-reconfigure hddtemp'. + This setting can be modified later by running 'dpkg-reconfigure hddtemp'. Template: hddtemp/syslog Type: string Default: 0 -_Description: Interval between two checks: - hddtemp can periodically log the temperature of the hard drive(s) via - the SYSLOG interface. +_Description: Interval between hard drive temperature checks: + The temperature of the hard drive(s) can be logged by hddtemp via + the generic system logging interface. . Please enter a value in seconds corresponding to the interval between - two checks. To disable this feature, simply enter 0. + two checks. To disable this feature, enter 0. Template: hddtemp/daemon Type: boolean Default: false -_Description: Do you want to start the hddtemp daemon on startup? - hddtemp can be run as a daemon, listening on port 7634 for incoming - connections. It is used some by software such as gkrellm to get - the temperature of the hard drives. - . - You have the option of starting the hddtemp daemon automatically on the - computer startup. If in doubt, it is suggested to not start it automatically - on startup. If you later change your mind, you can run: 'dpkg-reconfigure - hddtemp'. +_Description: Should the hddtemp daemon be started at boot? + The hddtemp program can be run as a daemon, listening on port 7634 + for incoming connections. It is used by some software such as gkrellm to get + the temperature of hard drives. + . + You have the option of starting the hddtemp daemon automatically on + system boot. If in doubt, it is suggested to not start it + automatically on boot. + . + This setting can be modified later by running 'dpkg-reconfigure hddtemp'. Template: hddtemp/interface Type: string Default: 127.0.0.1 _Description: Interface to listen on: - hddtemp can listen for incoming connections on a specific interface, or on - all interfaces. + The hddtemp program can listen for incoming connections on a specific + interface, or on all interfaces. . To listen on a specific interface, enter the IP address of that interface - (127.0.0.1 which is the default value corresponds to the lo interface). To - listen on all interfaces, simply enter 0.0.0.0. + (choosing 127.0.0.1 will accept local connections only). To listen on all interfaces, + enter 0.0.0.0. Template: hddtemp/port Type: string Default: 7634 _Description: Port to listen on: - By default, hddtemp listen for incoming connections on port 7634. However - if you don't find this port appropriate, you can enter an other one. + By default, hddtemp listens for incoming connections on port 7634. This + can be changed for another port number. --- hddtemp.old/debian/control 2007-12-20 05:54:16.106116830 +0100 +++ hddtemp/debian/control 2008-01-22 07:33:36.744094835 +0100 @@ -4,17 +4,14 @@ Maintainer: Aurelien Jarno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Build-Depends: debhelper (>> 4.1.16), autotools-dev, gettext (>> 0.10.1) Standards-Version: 3.7.2 +Homepage: http://www.guzu.net/linux/hddtemp.php Package: hddtemp Architecture: any Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, lsb-base (>= 3.0-3) Suggests: ksensors Conflicts: ksensors (<< 0.7-8), gkrellm-hddtemp (<< 0.1-9) -Description: Utility to monitor the temperature of your hard drive - hddtemp will give you the temperature of your PATA, SATA or SCSI hard - drive by reading Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology - (S.M.A.R.T.) information (on drives that support this feature). Only - modern hard drives have a temperature sensor. - . - Author: Emmanuel Varagnat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Homepage: http://www.guzu.net/linux/hddtemp.php +Description: hard drive temperature monitoring utility + The hddtemp program monitors and reports the temperature of PATA, SATA + or SCSI hard drives by reading Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting + Technology (S.M.A.R.T.) information on drives that support this feature.
