Re: Debian WWW CVS commit by norwegian: webwml/norwegian/releases/woody index.wml inst ...
Woops, I did not realize that this was posted on `debian-www' also.
Apologies for what probably is inappropriate for this list.
-tor
>>>>> "Tor" == Tor Slettnes <tor@slett.net> writes:
>>>>> "peter" == peter karlsson <peter@softwolves.pp.se> writes:
peter> To add files back, just do a standard cvs add and then a
peter> cvs commit.
Tor> $ cd webwml/norwegian/releases/woody
Tor> $ cvs add index.wml cvs server: index.wml has already been
Tor> added by second party
Tor> $ cvs update index.wml cvs server: nothing is known about
Tor> index.wml
Tor> [Approximate error messages].
Tor> That was the situation, until it magically re-fixed itself
Tor> within the last two days. (An old version of the file
Tor> somehow got re-insterted into the woody directory, which I
Tor> could then check out, replace with the updated version, and
Tor> commit).
Tor> And no, I was not saying or implying that this was you. Keep
Tor> that in mind, while re-reading what you wrote in the
Tor> following paragraph:
peter> Thanks for appreciating that I tried to help keep the
peter> Norwegian translation up-to-date when all Norwegian
peter> translators had abandoned it. I'll try to remember not
peter> helping you in the future, and instead giving you a bad
peter> reputation by having your translations showing their age
peter> when you decide to crawl in under a rock for half a year
peter> and not answer e-mail :-/
Tor> Peter, there is no need to be mean here (even if your action
Tor> plan represents nothing new on your end).
Tor> First, what e-mail? All I have seen you write are comments
Tor> in debian-www about how you have tried to contact norwegian
Tor> translators. Maybe it's a problem on my end -- if you still
Tor> have any of those messages around, would you mind re-sending
Tor> them? (For some reason, they may have been dumped in my spam
Tor> box like last time, or somesuch).
Tor> More importantly, where did I say you were to blame for the
Tor> situation above? If you are, then yes, please take what I
Tor> said to heart. Otherwise, ignore it.
Tor> What I _would_ like to blame^H^H^H^H^H request, is that if
Tor> you modify Norwegian text, you either refrain from updating
Tor> the version numbers, or add a comment near the top of each
Tor> file you modify to that effect. Right now there are places
Tor> throughout where the translation is distinctly un-Norwegian
Tor> (either with a lot of untranslated loanwords, incorrect word
Tor> form, quaint phrasing, etc), but not obvious enough until
Tor> each paragraph is actually being read through. I guess I
Tor> should learn a bit more about "cvs history" use, too.
Tor> Of course, updates of such items as embedded perl, variables,
Tor> etc. are well within your domain. I appreciate those.
Tor> Why did I slack off on the Norwegian translation? Mostly for
Tor> personal/family reasons. On the other hand, it was also
Tor> somewhat discouraging to read your comments on debian-www, as
Tor> well as having to "fight" with your changes to the Norwegian
Tor> translation (still only my name was in <!-- translated
Tor> by... --> comments). This type of meddling took the fun out
Tor> of the "job".
Tor> Hope I am not being as crass here as I think you were. If
Tor> so, my apologies.
Tor> -tor
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