Package: samba-tools
Version: 2:3.2.1-1
Severity: minor
This is part of a set of related bugreports on the packages in the
Samba suite; I've already reported many of these issues (with some
suggested fixes) as a single bugreport on samba4 (see #486370), but
since that approach is a dud I'm trying the alternative of splitting
them up and targetting individual packages.
Current package description:
# Description: tools provided by the Samba suite
# The Samba software suite is a collection of programs that
# implements the SMB/CIFS protocol for unix systems, allowing you to serve
# files and printers to Windows, NT, OS/2 and DOS clients. This protocol
# is sometimes also referred to as the LanManager or NetBIOS protocol.
# .
# This package contains tools such as smbtorture which may help
# testing the performance of CIFS servers or clients.
Problems shared with other packages in the set:
* Samba is all about OS interoperability, so keep the OS names
straight. It's not just for "unix systems", it's also for
GNU/Linux! Likewise, "Windows, NT, OS/2 and DOS clients"...
NT is also Windows, and Samba works for (smbclient on)
OpenVMS too!
* the SMB/CIFS protocol is only referred to as "the LanManager or
NetBIOS protocol" by people copying this text.
* and a wishlist item: WIBNI all the packages in the suite had
consistently styled short descriptions.
Problems unique to this package:
* "tools which may help testing the performance of" sounds a bit
cumbersome and/or evasive.
Incidentally, these binaries have no man pages, and when I invoke
smbtorture its help-text warns that I should be using the Samba 4
version (which isn't available even in Sid). Is this package
already deprecated before it has reached Stable, or what?
Suggested replacement text:
| Description: Samba testing utilities
| The Samba software suite implements the SMB/CIFS protocol, providing
| cross-platform support for Windows-style network shares.
| .
| This package contains command line tools such as smbtorture for
| performance-testing CIFS servers or clients.
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