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Package: udisks
Version: 1.0.1+git20100614-3
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
The package description for udisks is unnecessarily jargon-heavy.
It's easy for a non-GNOME desktop not to include any packages that
declare a dependency on udisks, and a user looking for software to
install manually is offered no incentive by the current description.
Description: abstraction for enumerating block devices
The package is not an "abstraction", and the executables it contains
are useful for a lot more than "enumerating block devices" - that
sounds like a job for "find /dev -type b | nl"!
udisks is an abstraction for enumerating block devices and performing
operations on them. Any application can access the
org.freedesktop.UDisks service on the system message bus.
Some operations (such as formatting disks etc.) are restricted using
PolicyKit.
This is sadly lacking in the sort of information that Debian Policy
3.4 says "should" be present in a package description - the users
reading it are supposed to be able to tell what benefits the software
offers to them, not to applications on buses!
I would suggest starting from scratch with something more like:
Description: storage media interface
The udisks daemon serves as an interface to system block devices,
implemented via D-Bus. It handles operations such as querying, mounting,
unmounting, formatting, or detaching storage devices such as hard disks
or USB thumb drives.
.
This package also provides the udisks utility, which can be used to
trigger these operations from the command line (if permitted by
PolicyKit). External tools such as hdparm are used if available to
implement extra operations, such as configuring disk spindown times.
(That would also go some way towards closing bug #595114, though that
might require a more detailed list than I can provide.)
While I'm editing this control file, the udisks-doc package can use:
Description: storage media interface - documentation
The udisks daemon serves as an interface to system block devices,
implemented via D-Bus. It handles operations such as querying, mounting,
unmounting, formatting, or detaching storage devices such as hard disks
or USB thumb drives.
.
This package provides the API reference and manuals in devhelp format.
(That should be enough to make it clear that there's no extra user
documentation here, and indeed nothing that's easily accessible if you
don't happen to have the right specialised API-browser installed.)
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable'), (200, 'squeeze-updates')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages udisks depends on:
ii dbus 1.2.24-4 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libatasmart4 0.17+git20100219-2 ATA S.M.A.R.T. reading and parsing
ii libc6 2.11.2-10 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libdbus-1-3 1.2.24-4 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libdbus-glib-1-2 0.88-2.1 simple interprocess messaging syst
ii libdevmapper1.02.1 2:1.02.48-5 The Linux Kernel Device Mapper use
ii libglib2.0-0 2.24.2-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgudev-1.0-0 164-3 GObject-based wrapper library for
ii libparted0debian1 2.3-5 The GNU Parted disk partitioning s
ii libpolkit-backend-1-0 0.96-4 PolicyKit backend API
ii libpolkit-gobject-1-0 0.96-4 PolicyKit Authorization API
ii libsgutils2-2 1.29-1 utilities for devices using the SC
ii libudev0 164-3 libudev shared library
ii udev 164-3 /dev/ and hotplug management daemo
Versions of packages udisks recommends:
ii dosfstools 3.0.9-1 utilities for making and checking
ii hdparm 9.32-1 tune hard disk parameters for high
ii mtools 4.0.12-1 Tools for manipulating MSDOS files
pn ntfs-3g <none> (no description available)
pn ntfsprogs <none> (no description available)
ii policykit-1 0.96-4 framework for managing administrat
Versions of packages udisks suggests:
pn cryptsetup <none> (no description available)
pn mdadm <none> (no description available)
pn reiserfsprogs <none> (no description available)
pn xfsprogs <none> (no description available)
-- no debconf information
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JBR
Ankh kak! (Ancient Egyptian blessing)
diff -ru udisks-1.0.1+git20100614.pristine/debian/control udisks-1.0.1+git20100614/debian/control
--- udisks-1.0.1+git20100614.pristine/debian/control 2010-09-27 17:57:26.000000000 +0100
+++ udisks-1.0.1+git20100614/debian/control 2011-02-19 21:33:07.172925542 +0000
@@ -38,11 +38,16 @@
Breaks: libgdu0 (<< 2.28), libgdu-gtk0 (<< 2.28)
Conflicts: devicekit-disks
Replaces: devicekit-disks
-Description: abstraction for enumerating block devices
- udisks is an abstraction for enumerating block devices and performing
- operations on them. Any application can access the
- org.freedesktop.UDisks service on the system message bus.
- Some operations (such as formatting disks etc.) are restricted using PolicyKit.
+Description: storage media interface
+ The udisks daemon serves as an interface to system block devices,
+ implemented via D-Bus. It handles operations such as querying, mounting,
+ unmounting, formatting, or detaching storage devices such as hard disks
+ or USB thumb drives.
+ .
+ This package also provides the udisks utility, which can be used to
+ trigger these operations from the command line (if permitted by
+ PolicyKit). External tools such as hdparm are used if available to
+ implement extra operations, such as configuring disk spindown times.
Package: udisks-doc
Architecture: all
@@ -51,9 +56,10 @@
Suggests: devhelp
Conflicts: devicekit-disks-doc
Replaces: devicekit-disks-doc
-Description: abstraction for enumerating block devices - documentation
- udisks is an abstraction for enumerating block devices and performing
- operations on them. Any application can access the
- org.freedesktop.UDisks service on the system message bus.
- Some operations (such as formatting disks etc.) are restricted using PolicyKit.
-
+Description: storage media interface - documentation
+ The udisks daemon serves as an interface to system block devices,
+ implemented via D-Bus. It handles operations such as querying, mounting,
+ unmounting, formatting, or detaching storage devices such as hard disks
+ or USB thumb drives.
+ .
+ This package provides the API reference and manuals in devhelp format.
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: udisks
Source-Version: 1.0.2-4
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
udisks, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
udisks-doc_1.0.2-4_all.deb
to main/u/udisks/udisks-doc_1.0.2-4_all.deb
udisks_1.0.2-4.debian.tar.gz
to main/u/udisks/udisks_1.0.2-4.debian.tar.gz
udisks_1.0.2-4.dsc
to main/u/udisks/udisks_1.0.2-4.dsc
udisks_1.0.2-4_amd64.deb
to main/u/udisks/udisks_1.0.2-4_amd64.deb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Martin Pitt <[email protected]> (supplier of updated udisks package)
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Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 18:08:40 +0100
Source: udisks
Binary: udisks udisks-doc
Architecture: source amd64 all
Version: 1.0.2-4
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team
<[email protected]>
Changed-By: Martin Pitt <[email protected]>
Description:
udisks - storage media interface
udisks-doc - storage media interface - documentation
Closes: 595114 614146
Changes:
udisks (1.0.2-4) unstable; urgency=low
.
* 02-defer_smart_probing.patch: Try SMART probing again repeatedly while the
daemon is inhibited. (LP: #580112)
* Add 00git-udf-permissions.patch: Ignore broken directory permissions on
UDF when they are on readonly CD media. (LP: #635499)
* debian/control: Improve package description. Thanks Justin B Rye!
(Closes: #614146)
* debian/control: Explain in the package description why udisks
recommends/suggests file system creation/admin tools. (Closes: #595114)
* Activate support for udisks-tcp-bridge. Note that this is purely
convenience and does not enable extra privileges (can do the same with ssh
and dbus-send). This unbreaks the "Connect to server.." functionality in
gnome-disk-utility. (LP: #568926)
- debian/rules: Drop --disable-remote-access.
- debian/udisks.install: Install Avahi service description file.
* Add debian/patches/00git-sd-card-id.patch: Add missing rule for
identifying SD card readers as such. (LP: #460713)
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