On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 03:06:33PM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: >Dear Debian maintainer,
Hey Christian, >The cvs Debian package, which you are the maintainer of, has >pending bug report(s) which include translation updates or fixes >for po-debconf, namely bug number 484726 (and maybe other similar bugs). > >Even though this bug is quite recent, the release of Debian is now >getting closer and an opportunity should be taken to not only fix >that l10n bug, but also get more translations for your package. Even >after the freeze, updates that only contain l10n are allowed. NOW is >th emoment to fix this. > >In case you can't update your package, I have the intention, as part >of a more general action of the Debian i18n Task Force to build and >possibly upload a non-maintainer upload for cvs in order to fix >this as well as all pending translations for the debconf templates. > >Of course, as you seem pretty active on that package, an upload by you >would also be OK...as long as it allows a round of translation >updates. > >Such changes are always harmless, which explains why I safely consider >building NMU's for such issues even though they're obviously non critical. > >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 10 days) is roughly the following: > > Monday, August 18, 2008 : send this notice > Friday, August 22, 2008 : post a NMU announcement to debian-i18n with > you > (maintainer) CC'ed > Thursday, August 28, 2008 : deadline for receiving translation updates > Friday, August 29, 2008 : build the package and upload it to > DELAYED/2-day > send the NMU patch to the BTS > Sunday, August 31, 2008 : NMU reaches incoming > >If you intent to upload yourself, please discuss with me. I propose >handling a translation update round and I can handle it myself for you. >That will just require a few days. I'm quite happy to upload myself, just let me know when you have the translations ready. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. [EMAIL PROTECTED] "You can't barbecue lettuce!" -- Ellie Crane -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
