I have attached a patch that probably addresses the concerns in these two bugs reports (#363254 and #357155) but I admit I am feeling lazy and haven't tested them, nor did I go searching for other strings that need updating from Thunderbird -> Sunbird. Having made the patch, though, it would be silly to let it bit-rot.
-Ted
diff -ru debian.orig/control debian/control
--- debian.orig/control 2006-07-14 22:46:47.000000000 +1000
+++ debian/control 2006-07-14 22:45:44.000000000 +1000
@@ -7,11 +7,10 @@
Package: sunbird
Architecture: any
-Provides: mail-reader, imap-client
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
Recommends: myspell-en-us | myspell-dictionary, xprt-xprintorg
-Suggests: sunbird-typeaheadfind, sunbird-inspector, mozilla-firefox, mozilla-thunderbird, ttf-bitstream-vera, ttf-freefont
-Description: Sunbird standalone mail client
+Suggests: firefox, thunderbird, ttf-bitstream-vera, ttf-freefont
+Description: Mozilla Sunbird calendar application
Sunbird is the Mozilla Calendar application. The
goal is to produce a cross platform stand alone Calendar
application using the XUL user interface language. Sunbird
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@
#Package: sunbird-inspector
#Architecture: any
#Depends: sunbird (=${Source-Version}), ${shlibs:Depends}
-#Description: mozilla thunderbird dom inspector extension
+#Description: Mozilla Sunbird dom inspector extension
# The Sunbird Dom Inspector extension allows inspection of the
# internal dom tree state in thunderbird. This extension is mainly a
# development and debugging feature. Users of sunbird usually don't
@@ -29,5 +28,5 @@
Package: sunbird-dev
Architecture: any
Depends: sunbird (=${Source-Version}), ${shlibs:Depends}
-Description: mozilla thunderbird development files
- The Sunbird development files
+Description: Mozilla Sunbird development files
+ The Mozilla Sunbird development files
diff -ru debian.orig/sunbird.desktop debian/sunbird.desktop
--- debian.orig/sunbird.desktop 2006-07-14 22:46:47.000000000 +1000
+++ debian/sunbird.desktop 2006-07-14 22:46:28.000000000 +1000
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
[Desktop Entry]
-Name=Sunbird Mail Client
-Comment=Read and write your email
+Name=Sunbird Calendar Application
+Comment=Manage personal and shared calendars
Exec=sunbird
Terminal=false
MultipleArgs=false
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