Re: po-debconf and debconf DDTP
On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 11:36:09AM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> Denis Barbier wrote:
> > I disagree, developers won't incorporate po-debconf translated files if
> > they are using debconf-utils, and vice versa.
>
> I hope that in the not too distant future the obvious thing to do if a
> translator sends you a po-debconf file will be to run debconf-gettextize
> and continue on using po-debconf. Note that there is not anything
> obvious to do if you're already using po-debconf and get a debconf-utils
> file. In the interim it may be best for translators to use the format
> the package is currently using, but I do hope you will soon not have to
> worry about it.
Such a tool would indeed be very nice, but given that many developers
were unable to handle templates.xx files the right way, I am afraid
they won't be able to convert files between these 2 formats.
Denis
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