[D-I] D-I Packages maintainers: New (improved?) way to add packages to the localization framework
This message is mostly intended for D-I developers, but translators
might want to know how things are goind on.
Up to now, any package in the D-I SVN tree which included a
debian/po/templates.pot file was automagically added to the
"localization framework", ie the master files.
The drawback was that developers often need some time to refine the
wording of the templates they use, which often lead to very moving
targets for translators, in the early stages of packages development.
Starting from today, the list of packages which go in the master file
is manually handled by one of the D-I i18n coordinators, or by the D-I
release managers.
For instance, the prep-installer package, which is currently under
heavy work by Sven Luther is currently excluded from the
framework. Thus, Sven can safely change the templates without being
"hated" by translators..:-)
Changes for D-I package maintainers:
-after the initial work on a package in the SVN, please ask one of the
i18n coordinators (myself, Dennis Stampfer) of one of the release
managers (Joey Hess or Frans Pop) to add the package to
packages/po/packages_list
We will then review the templates (general consistency, correct
English) and add the package name. We will also decide the position in
the list, which determines the order where strings appear in PO files
(most common packages at the beginning).
The current order is based on my own feeling of ordering the packages
and may of course be criticized.
Current list:
# List of packages with translatable material
# which we want translators to work on
#
# ONLY i18n COORDINATORS or release managers should add packages here
#
# Developers, if your package has translatable material and
# is not listed here, please get in touch with the i18n coordinators
# and request for it to be added
#
# These packages are sorted by order of "importance". This is the order
# which will be used in master PO files
#
main-menu
cdebconf
localechooser
kbd-chooser
hw-detect
netcfg
choose-mirror
retriever/net
retriever/cdrom
partman/partman-base
partman/partman-auto
partman/partman-basicmethods
partman/partman-partitioning
partman/partman-basicfilesystems
partman/partman-ext3
partman/partman-reiserfs
partman/partman-jfs
partman/partman-xfs
partman/partman-ext2r0
partman/partman-target
tzsetup
clock-setup
anna
base-installer
debian-installer-utils
installation-report
mountfloppy
baseconfig-udeb
arch/i386/grub-installer
prebaseconfig
preseed
rescue
retriever/floppy
iso-scan
network-console
cdrom-checker
cdrom-detect
mdcfg
lvmcfg
nobootloader
arch/powerpc/quik-installer
arch/powerpc/yaboot-installer
arch/ia64/elilo-installer
arch/alpha/aboot-installer
arch/m68k/vmelilo-installer
arch/sparc/silo-installer
arch/mips/arcboot-installer
arch/mips/sibyl-installer
arch/i386/lilo-installer
arch/mipsel/colo-installer
arch/mipsel/delo-installer
partman/partman-crypto
partman/partman-palo
partman/partman-lvm
partman/partman-md
partman/partman-newworld
partman/partman-efi
partman/partman-auto-lvm
partman/partman-prep
partconf
partitioner
autopartkit
arch/s390/netdevice
arch/s390/zipl-installer
arch/s390/dasd
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