Re: Overriding .desktop file with localized version (QasMixer)
On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Sebastian H. <vand2@gmx.de> wrote:
> Am 01.11.2011 15:52, schrieb Andrew Starr-Bochicchio:
>> On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 10:46 AM, Teus Benschop <teusjannette@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Tue, 2011-11-01 at 15:34 +0100, Sebastian H. wrote:
>>>> 1. It allows to add new translations or update existing ones
>>>> without having to change/revalidate the (fat) qasmixer package.
>>>>
>>>> 2. The l10n package can be used for all architectures.
>>>> This should save some precious bytes on the package servers.
>>>
>>> It is possible to use this structure:
>>> package qasmixer, depends on:
>>> package qasmizer-data
>>> The -data package may then contain all stuff that works on all
>>> architectures, including all the localized strings in the .desktop file.
>>
>> Of course, you'll get the same lintian warning.
>
> Yes, right, the warning would remain. :/
>
> Here's the more details current upstream scenario.
>
> qasmixer_X.Y.tar.bz2 <- Two number version
> qasmixer-l10n_X.Y.Z.tar.bz2 <- Three number version
>
> X and Y always match, but Z grows with every new l10n submit.
>
> What I can do is to create either
>
> 1. two packages, qasmixer_X.Y and qasmixer-l10n_X.Y.Z
> - Has the lintian warning issue
>
> 2. one package qasmixer_X.Y.Z with both tarballs merged
> - Most package data would be duplicated with every l10n submit
> - Binary would be recompiled on every l10n submit
I suppose I was being a bit glib. If you have a corner case where the
lintian warning can be safely ignored and it is not something that
should be fix in lintian, I think you should just override the lintian
warning.
-- Andrew Starr-Bochicchio
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