Hi, On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 08:09 +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: > I think it would be good for lintian to promote the use of "__Choices" over > "_Choices" in debconf templates. This feature is present since po-debconf > exists so, indeed, no compatibility problems. > > The feature is well documented in po-debconf(7). > > I send this bug report evn if I know it might be incomplete to be processed > as of now. Anyway, I recommend *not* activating this before lenny is released.
I've developed a test for this, using the description below; it's based on a combination of your suggestion and my reading of po-debconf(7). I'm happy to commit the changes - with the tag commented out if that's best - but haven't done so yet as I wasn't sure whether Frank / Russ would prefer I simply kept it locally until after the release. Regards, Adam Tag: template-uses-unsplit-choices Type: warning Info: The use of _Choices in templates is deprecated An _Choices field must be translated as a single string. . Using __Choices allows each choice to be translated separately, easing translation and is therefore recommended. . Instead of simply replacing all occurrences of "_Choices" by "__Choices", apply the method described in po-debconf(7) under "SPLITTING CHOICES LIST", to avoid breaking existing translations. . If in doubt, please ask for help on the debian-i18n mailing list. Ref: po-debconf(7) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
