On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 10:22:46AM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: > (Steve Langasek, in answer to the call for updates for postfix)
> > Looks to me like the Smith Review Project should pay more attention to > > whether debconf templates should be *removed* from packages instead of being > You mean like what I reported in #420413? :-) Heh, yes, exactly like that... :) > > updated. All of the above fuzzied and untranslated strings are for > > templates that are specific to upgrades from sarge; unless there are plans > > for an upload of these debconf updates to proposed-updates, it would be an > > unfortunate waste of translator time to update them. > The main problem is that I generally have no clue about the maintainer's > plan when it comes at the proposal to remove obsolete templates. Sure; but something that is possible to determine by looking at the package is whether these templates will be displayed on a post-etch upgrade, which the ones in question will not. So even if the maintainer makes no changes to the package, it is still better for translators (and proofreaders) to not spend time on these particular templates -- and when this is something that you're actively calling for translation updates on, I think the extra work is warranted to help translators use their time better, no? > I even have no clue whether (s)he may want to unmark them for translation. I wonder if we don't need support for a new flag in templates files to mark strings as low-priority or legacy, as distinct from unmarking them for translation. Unmarking for translation will discard any existing translation work on those strings, which is also not optimal; in the very rare event that the user does get one of those templates, it's better to use an existing translation if there is one, it's just not worth having anyone spend additional time on corrections or new translations. > I agree that updating this material is suboptimal. This is why I now > unmark such templates for translation when I find them and I recommend > dle contributors to skip them when reviewing. Great :) Cheers, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
