[Bug 492094] [NEW] configuration prompt could use some friendlier wording

[arand]

Public bug reported:

The configuration prompt when installing libsnmp-base could use better
wording. As it is now it's acronym-mumbo-jumbo, and even a fairly
knowledgeable user would probably have a hard time decrypting the
message:

#
Various snmp software needs extracted MIBs from RFCs and IANA - which
cannot be shipped - to be working as expected. These MIBs can be
automatically fetched and extracted as part of installing this package.

This will take several minutes to complete, even with a fast internet
connection.

Download and extract MIBs from RFCs and IANA?
#

Suggested friendlier message:

#
To work as expected, this package needs download and extract additional configuration files (MIBs from RFCs and IANA).

This can be done automatically as part of the installation process, but
it will take several minutes to complete, even with a fast internet
connection.

Do you want to download and extract these additional files?
#

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Dec  3 21:44:11 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: libsnmp-base 5.4.2.1~dfsg-3ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-5.6-generic
SourcePackage: net-snmp
Tags: lucid
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-5-generic i686

** Affects: net-snmp (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 lucid

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