Package: adjtimex
Version: N/A
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Dear Debian maintainer,
On Sunday, February 22, 2009, I notified you of the beginning of a review
process
concerning debconf templates for adjtimex.
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 adjtimex with these changes
right now.
The second phase of this process will begin on Sunday, March 15, 2009, 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 Sunday, April 05, 2009. 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 Monday, April 06, 2009, 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 2.6.25-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
--- adjtimex.old/debian/templates 2009-02-17 19:47:33.908972952 +0100
+++ adjtimex/debian/templates 2009-03-12 07:51:41.408251976 +0100
@@ -1,22 +1,35 @@
+# These templates have been reviewed by the debian-l10n-english
+# team
+#
+# If modifications/additions/rewording are needed, please ask
+# debian-l10n-engl...@lists.debian.org for advice.
+#
+# Even minor modifications require translation updates and such
+# changes should be coordinated with translators and reviewers.
+
Template: adjtimex/run_daemon
Type: boolean
Default: true
_Description: Should adjtimex be run at installation and at every startup?
- adjtimex can run at system startup to set the kernel time parameters to
- the values in /etc/default/adjtimex. Don't accept if you just want to
+ Running adjtimex at system startup will set the kernel time parameters to
+ the values in /etc/default/adjtimex.
+ .
+ You should not choose this option if you just want to
use adjtimex to inspect the current parameters.
Template: adjtimex/compare_rtc
Type: boolean
Default: true
-_Description: Should adjtimexconfig be run when adjtimex is installed or
upgraded?
+#flag:comment:2
+# Translators: do not translate "tick" and "frequency"
+_Description: Run adjtimexconfig when adjtimex is installed or upgraded?
The adjtimexconfig script will use adjtimex to find values for the kernel
- variables tick and frequency that will make the system clock approximately
+ variables "tick" and "frequency" that will make the system clock approximately
agree with the hardware clock (also known as the CMOS clock). It then
saves these values in the configuration file /etc/default/adjtimex so the
settings will be restored on every boot, when /etc/init.d/adjtimex runs.
.
- The script takes 70 sec to run. Alternatively, you can run adjtimexconfig
- yourself at a later time, or determine the kernel variables one of several
- other ways (see the adjtimex man page) and install them in
- /etc/default/adjtimex.
+ The script takes 70 seconds to run, so running it for every upgrade
+ may be a waste of time. Alternatively, you can run adjtimexconfig
+ manually when needed, or determine the kernel variables by using other
+ methods and set them manually in /etc/default/adjtimex.
--- adjtimex.old/debian/control 2009-02-17 19:47:33.908972952 +0100
+++ adjtimex/debian/control 2009-03-12 07:51:43.516243074 +0100
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@
Architecture: any
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, debconf | debconf-2.0
Suggests: ntpdate
-Description: Utility to display or set the kernel time variables
- This program gives you raw access to the kernel time variables. For
+Description: kernel time variables configuration utility
+ This package provides a utility to manipulate the kernel time variables. For
a machine connected to the Internet, or equipped with a precision
oscillator or radio clock, the best way to keep the system clock
- correct is with ntpd. However, for a standalone or intermittently
+ accurate is using NTP (Network Time Protocol). However, for a standalone or
intermittently
connected machine, you may use adjtimex instead to at least correct
- for systematic drift. adjtimex can optionally adjust the system
+ for systematic drift. It can optionally adjust the system
clock using the CMOS clock as a reference, and can log times for
long-term estimation of drift rates.
