Package: release.debian.org Severity: normal User: release.debian....@packages.debian.org Usertags: unblock X-Debbugs-Cc: manpages-l...@packages.debian.org Control: affects -1 + src:manpages-l10n
Please unblock package manpages-l10n
[ Reason ]
manpages-l10n is a (set of) pure documentation packages. It works by
downloading the current version of the man pages from the target
distribution (here Debian) related to ~ 100 upstream packages. Then
the translators update the translations of theses man pages.
To be current, this process needs to be performed as late as possible,
so that man pages within Debian change as little as possible in this
time frame, i.e. the latest version scheduled for Bookworm are used.
Due to large scale changes in some upstreams (especially manpages) not
all translators were able to perform as much translations as possible
in the last version (e.g. Spanish). Also a rather nasty confusion was
resolved in German and two translation bugs from the BTS are fixed
(#1032881,#1033438). Also other translators (e.g. UK or FR) worked on
further translations and updates.
Therefor upstream suggested to prepare a minor (last) release
targetting bookworm (i.e. 1.18.1).
[ Impact ]
If the unblock is *not* granted then non-english speakers will see
some outdated translations and some missing translations. Especially
for less maintained languages the difference is bigger as upstream
works hard to keep the translations shipped by performing trivial
unfuzzy and translations. But also active teams like french and german
are constantily improving the translations. Also German users will
have a nasty confusion around the terms NULL/NUL/Zero.
[ Tests ]
First of all the entire man pages are build daily in a private build
setting (automatically), uncovering syntax errors. Closer to the
release, additional manually initiated builds are added. All builds
are reviewed for (potential) errors.
Secondly, the Debian build system (full builds done locally!) also
uncovers potential problems, like missing files or directories.
Thirdly, linitian checks the entire set of man pages for errors. These
linitian errors are mostly harmless, but regularly reviewed as well
(and fixed, if possible with reasonable effort).
Finally, some random man pages are manually reviewed. However, for
languages I don't speak (most of them) this is of limited value.
Additionally, I read the upstream git log and sometimes run a git diff
if I suspect suspicious changes and interact with most of the
translators on them.
I'd love to add non superficial auto packaging tests, I'm just a
little bit lost which make sense.
[ Risks ]
The risk is low. This is pure documentation. The new packages are a
little bit larger than the old ones on average, but no programm/code
works differently because of them. It is also a leaf package and the
user can decide to read the english original at any time, e.g. by
running
LC_ALL=C man command
As the set of actual Debian (upstream) packages we translate was not
changed sind the last version, changes for new undetected file conflicts
are very low. In the higly unlikey case something would be discovered,
I can quickly exclude those files and prepare another upload. However,
this is not expected at all.
Note that upstream started including (but not shipping!) korean
translations. They are only in the source and hence pose no problem.
Except for this, the entire infrastructure is unchanged since
4.18.0-1.
[ Checklist ]
[x] all changes are documented in the d/changelog
[x] I reviewed all changes and I approve them
See above, the content (translation) I cannot actually review,
as I don't speak Danish, Hungarian, French, Swedish, …
[x] attach debdiff against the package in testing
The debdiff is *huge*, for example because the reference for
some other distribution was changed (irrelevant for Debian) and
even small changes cause rewarpping of (long) paragraphs.
You can pick up the full debdiff here:
https://helgefjell.de/data/manpages-l10n-18.0-18.1.debdiff
Or a reduced (still large) version here:
https://helgefjell.de/data/manpages-l10n-18.0-18.1.r1.debdiff
Or a very reduced version here:
https://helgefjell.de/data/manpages-l10n-18.0-18.1.r2.debdiff
The smallest one excludes the actual translation part (po files)
but gives you an idea about the changes which happend.
[ Other info ]
Do not hesitate to contact me for any question regarding the update,
e.g. if the above description is too brief.
In case the release is less then ~15 days ahead, I would appreciate a
little aging as well.
unblock manpages-l10n/4.18.1-1
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