> > Dear Debian maintainer, > > The dpkg-www Debian package, which you are the maintainer of, has at > least one very longstanding (over 100 days) localisation bug > report. Often, but not always, this means that the package is not very > actively maintained. I'm sending you this mail for checking the > situation and to decide the next necessary steps. If there is some > reason why you haven't fixed the bug yet, or there is something other > you might want to tell me, i will be very happy about any feedback. In > this case please accept my apologies. > > I have the intent to build and possibly upload a non-maintainer upload > for dpkg-www in order to fix all its long-time pending > localisation bugs (and these bugs only). > > Such changes are always harmless, which explains why I safely consider > building NMU's for such issues even though they're obviously non > critical. > > However, letting l10n bugs sleep in the BTS is simply not giving > translators work the consideration it deserves, as fixing debconf > translations is really a very simple modification to any package. > > This makes me call such NMU's "socially important" : when translators > (who often are not official Debian developers but participate in in > creasing our distribution diffusion) see that their work is taken care > of, they are more and more motivated for contuing their sometimes > boring activity..:-) > > I will notify the translators for languages for which the > translation is still incomplete without update sent to the BTS so that > they have a chance to send updates on time. > > The schedule for the NMU (in case it happens, that is if you agree with > it or if I don't receive any answer in 7 days) is roughly the > following: > > - - 4 feb 2005: send this notice > - -12 feb 2005: post a NMU announcement to debian-i18n with you > ~ (maintainer) CC'ed > - -15 feb 2005: deadline for receiving translation updates > - -17 feb 2005: build the package and upload it to DELAYED/2-day > ~ send the NMU patch to the BTS > - -19 feb 2005: NMU uploaded to incoming > - -20 feb 2005: NMU enters unstable > > The patch for the NMU will then be sent to one of the l10n bugs so > that you may incorporate it to your development tree later. > > I will then subscribe to the Package Tracking System for dpkg-www and > follow its life for 60 days after my NMU in order to fix any issue > potentially introduced by my upload. > > So, dear package maintainer, please mention me as soon as possible if > you have any kind of objection to this process. > > If you'd rather do the fix yourself, I will of course leave the > package alone. Same if you have motivated reasons for not doing the > update now. > > Please keep [email protected] CC'ed so that all Debian > translators are aware of your intents regarding translation handling. > > Of course, any other translator wanting to have dpkg-www > debconf templates translated in his/her language is welcome to quickly > work on the templates.pot.gz file which can be found on > http://www.debian.org/intl/l10n/po-debconf/pot. > > You can then send your PO file in the BTS (tagging it "l10n", severity > "wishlist"). > > Cheers > > Luk
I have just uploaded the new version. Sorry for the delay. -- Massimo Dal Zotto -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
