Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 249726
Misspellings in RPM description, suggested clarifications
Last modified: 2009-01-20 15:21:54 EST
Description of problem: There are typos in the description of the kernel-xen RPM, and it could use clarification. Currently READS: This package includes a version of the Linux kernel which runs in Xen VM. It works for both priviledged and unpriviledged hosts. Suggest SHOULD READ: This package includes a Xen hypervisor and a version of the Linux kernel which can run Xen VMs for privileged hosts and unprivileged paravirtualized hosts. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-xen-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5
Reassigning to the package maintainer.
Fair enough, I'll post this change for 5.3. Out of curiosity, was this a customer request or something you noticed. Just wondering if I should go proof read the other descriptions too for proper English.
A customer and I discovered the description problem with the xen package reported in bug #249719 during a training class, which led us to look at the kernel-xen description, which led us to this bug. If we can mess these up, my guess is that there are other descriptions that are off; up to y'all to figure out how high a priority it is to do an editing pass/bug hunt. :) I wonder if there's a way to run Summary and Description through a spelling checker in a useful way when we QA?
hmm. Spell checking is an interesting idea for rpmdiff maybe. But I am all for improving the text if it helps people understand the packages easier. Sometimes it is the little things that makes Red Hat provide a better service. :-)
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in kernel-2.6.18-115.el5 You can download this test kernel from http://people.redhat.com/dzickus/el5
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0225.html