Julien Cristau writes:
> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 13:37:39 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
>> The following wording has received one second and needs an additional
>> second to be committed to the next revision of Policy. Is everyone happy
>> with it?
> Seconded.
Thanks, committed for the next relea
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 13:37:39 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
> The following wording has received one second and needs an additional
> second to be committed to the next revision of Policy. Is everyone happy
> with it?
>
> > --- a/policy.sgml
> > +++ b/policy.sgml
> > @@ -8885,6 +8885,15 @@ name
Russ Allbery writes:
> After reading the thread, I propose the following reduced version of
> this patch. It omits some of the more specific instructions (as
> discussed), which can be covered in the devref, and it also avoids the
> assumption that the original man page is in English. By and la
Manoj Srivastava writes:
> This is a new rule being introduced as a "SHOULD" level, meaning
> that any packages that are shipping out-of-date alternate language man
> pages are instantly buggy. Are we happy with that?
Personally, I think all such packages are already buggy, regardless
Hello Russ,
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 11:19:50PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
> After reading the thread, I propose the following reduced version of
> this patch. It omits some of the more specific instructions (as
> discussed), which can be covered in the devref, and it also avoids the
> assumption t
> Currently it is not possible to (reliably) decide, whether an
> translated man page is up to date or not. In fact quite a few
> translations are outdated (missing newer parameters and other
> information) or not a translation at all but a rewrite for a previous
> version. While this is an upstrea
Quoting Bill Allombert ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > That latter part probably belongs more to the Developer's
> > Reference. Indeed, a section about po4a and a simple way to setup a
> > framework for localized manpages would be a great addition to it.
>
> Frankly, I do not like po4a for manpages. I t
On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 07:37:15AM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote:
> Quoting Helge Kreutzmann ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> > +If a loclized man page for a certain command is provided, it should
>
> s/loclized/localized
>
> > +either be up to date or it should be clearly visible that this ver
clone 493007
reassign -1 developers-reference
retitle -1 suggest to use po4a for man page translations
block -1 by 493007
thanks
Hello Christian,
On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 07:37:15AM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote:
> Quoting Helge Kreutzmann ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> > +If a loclized man page fo
Quoting Helge Kreutzmann ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> +If a loclized man page for a certain command is provided, it should
s/loclized/localized
> +either be up to date or it should be clearly visible that this version
> +is outdated (either by a note in the beginning or by showing the
> +
Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.8.0.1
Severity: wishlist
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Currently it is not possible to (reliably) decide, whether an
translated man page is up to date or not. In fact quite a few
translations are outdated (missing newer parameters and other
info
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