Package: qmail Version: N/A Severity: normal Tags: patch Dear Debian maintainer,
On Sunday, March 21, 2010, I notified you of the beginning of a review process concerning debconf templates for qmail. 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 qmail with these changes right now. The second phase of this process will begin on Friday, April 09, 2010, 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 Friday, April 30, 2010. 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 Saturday, May 01, 2010, 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 2.6.32-3-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
--- qmail.old/debian/qmail.templates 2010-03-17 11:37:14.178507203 +0100 +++ qmail/debian/qmail.templates 2010-04-06 07:22:17.137055698 +0200 @@ -1,69 +1,86 @@ +# 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: qmail/readme Type: note -_Description: README - Before making any changes to your qmail configuration, please read - /usr/share/doc/qmail/README.Debian.gz. This contains a description of the - differences bewtween other mailers on Debian, qmail on Debian, and qmail on - other systems. - . - If you were using sendmail (or smail) previously, you will also want to read - the "qmail-upgrade" manpage, which details user-visible differences between - sendmail and qmail. +_Description: Notice for qmail users + Before making any changes to Qmail configuration, please read + /usr/share/doc/qmail/README.Debian.gz. This file includes a + description of the differences between Qmail in Debian, Qmail in + other systems, and other mail transfer agents. + . + If you were using a more conventional MTA previously, you will also want + to read the "qmail-upgrade" manpage, which details user-visible + differences between Sendmail and Qmail. . - If you are new to qmail, you will want to at least peruse the qmail FAQ, which - can be found in /usr/doc/qmail + If you are new to Qmail, you will want to at least peruse the Qmail FAQ, which + can be found in /usr/share/doc/qmail. Template: qmail/start -Type: select -_Choices: yes, no -_Description: Do you want to start qmail now? +Type: boolean +_Description: Start Qmail now? Template: qmail/reboot Type: note _Description: Qmail will be started at the next reboot - Or you can start qmail manually when - you are ready by typing (as root) "/etc/init.d/qmail start" at a shell prompt. + You chose not to start Qmail now. It will be started + automatically at next reboot. + . + You can also start it manually with "/etc/init.d/qmail start" + (as root) at a shell prompt. Template: qmail/userpurge -Type: select -_Choices: yes, no -_Description: Remove qmail users during a purge? +Type: boolean +_Description: Remove Qmail users during a purge? + Please choose whether you want users created by the qmail package + to be removed when this package is purged. Template: qmail/recipientmap -Type: note -_Description: WARNING - recipientmap is gone from qmail-1.03. The virtualdomains mechanism - has been expanded to support virtual users. You will need to fix your setup. +Type: error +_Description: Changes for virtual users + recipientmap is gone from Qmail 1.03. The virtualdomains mechanism + has been expanded to support virtual users. This machine's setup + needs to be fixed. Template: qmail/qlist Type: note -_Description: WARNING - qlist has been split into a separate package by Dan Bernstein (the - author of qmail) since qmail-1.02. - . - qlist has not been packaged because ezmlm does a better job, - but if you still want qlist, you can either get it direct from - http://pobox.com/~djb/qlist.html +_Description: qlist utility discontinued + The qlist utility was split out into a separate tarball by the upstream + developer in Qmail 1.02. + . + This utility has not been packaged as it can be replaced by ezmlm. It can + however be downloaded from http://pobox.com/~djb/qlist.html. . - Please check in /usr/doc/qmail and the man pages for changes since qmail 1.01 + Please check in /usr/share/doc/qmail and the man pages for changes + since Qmail 1.01. Template: qmail/inetd -Type: note -_Description: inetd.conf changes - inetd does not handle qmail terribly effectively, so - the default instalation uses tcpserver from ucspi-tcp instead. +Type: error +_Description: Internet superserver configuration file (inetd.conf) changes + The inetd superserver is not very efficient at handling Qmail, so + the default installation uses tcpserver from ucspi-tcp instead. . For this reason, the smtp line in /etc/inetd.conf has been disabled. . This means that you must configure things such as RELAYCLIENT using - /etc/tcp.smtp, rather than hosts allow (see /usr/doc/qmail/README for details) + /etc/tcp.smtp, rather than /etc/hosts.allow (see + /usr/share/doc/qmail/README for details). Template: qmail/tcpupdate Type: note _Description: Updating /etc/tcp.smtp database for tcpserver Template: qmail/override -Type: select -_Choices: yes, no -_Description: Pre-existing qmail installation detected. Override? - +Type: boolean +_Description: Override pre-existing Qmail installation? + An existing installation of Qmail has been detected. Please choose + whether you want this installation to be overridden. + . + Do not choose this option if you need to preserve the current setup + for Qmail. --- qmail.old/debian/control 2010-03-17 11:37:14.166483151 +0100 +++ qmail/debian/control 2010-03-23 16:43:05.435999069 +0100 @@ -10,16 +10,12 @@ Depends: dpkg-dev (>= 1.4.0.20), patch (>= 2.5-0bo1), build-essential, fakeroot | sudo, groff-base, adduser, libc6-dev Conflicts: qmail-run, qmail-uids-gids Recommends: ucspi-tcp-src, procmail -Description: Source only package for building qmail binary package - qmail is a secure, reliable, efficient, simple mail transport system. +Description: source for building the qmail binary package + Qmail is a secure, reliable, efficient, simple mail transport system. . - To build a binary deb package, first install the qmail-src package, then - type the command "build-qmail". If you try "apt-get source --build qmail-src" - only the qmail-src package will be built. You will need to install qmail-src - and type the command "build-qmail" to get a usable binary package of qmail. - Also be sure to build and install ucspi-tcp before installing the binary qmail - package. Install the ucspi-tcp-src package to get ucspi-tcp. + To build a local binary package of qmail, first install this package, then + type the command "build-qmail". You will also need to use ucspi-tcp-src to + build ucspi-tcp, which is a dependency of qmail. . - This package builds a binary .deb that is FHS compliant and conforms to the - Debian standards guidelines. The resulting binary packages are not suitable - for re-distribution. + Packages built in this way are compliant with the FHS and Debian Policy, + but are not redistributable.
