This one time, at band camp, Helge Kreutzmann said: > Hello, > I just saw that you simply closed "old" translations. May I ask you > why? > > a) This bug is about a man page translation, to my knowledge Christian > Perrier is not working on man page translation (but I might be > wrong here) > b) The PO format is quite nice for string changes. Outdated strings > will *not* be shown translated, so you don't have to fear an > outdated translated version. But the presence of an (even outdated) > po file makes ist much easier to restart a translation later (if > e.g. the translator has no time atm). > c) Placing the po file in your build will get "fuzzy" strings. So > instead of simply closing, you could be so kind and send the fuzzy > translations out to the translators, because than it would be > much easier for them to provide updates (this does not apply to the > Debconf case, as Christian is handling this). > d) If, for some reason, you don't want to deal with these > translations, please tag them "wontfix" so translators know about > it. Debian does not hide problems! > > If you have questions regarding these, please aks on debian-i18n, > because there are much more knowledge persons than me who can help you > along and provide you will all the details you need to know.
I am quite happy to handle translations (the last upload included 9 or 10 new translations, with thanks to all involved). The reason I closed the older translations sitting in the BTS is that we have had many string changes in the manpages, the docs, and the program itself. In my close message, I asked people to resubmit new bugs when we stopped changing strings so often. It felt like a waste of translator time to try to keep up during a period of heavy development, but if you disagree, please feel free to reopen the bug or open a new one. I am not trying to brush you off, beleive me - I appreciate your work. I just wanted to start with a set of translations that match the strings. Take care, -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ,''`. Stephen Gran | | : :' : [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | `. `' Debian user, admin, and developer | | `- http://www.debian.org | -----------------------------------------------------------------
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