On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 04:02:13PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > > That's why we choosed this centralized approach. The most important to me is > > that a simple -9/+30 patch can reach what is needed to have translated > > descriptions in dpkg and dselect. Any other approach would lead to a policy > > modification, and a more in-depth modification of the tools used (and the > > re-upload of each packages to get the translation in it). So, it won't be > > possible for woody+1 (as our solution can be), but for woody+2 or +3, or > > even never. > > I've got no problem with you guys rolling out sometime right away (as > indeed, you are already). But it's a hack, and it's not a long-term > solution, and you need to realize that. sorry joey, but IMHO this 'put translations in extra packages' is not a hack. It is nice, clear and have a lot of cons (and is the long-term solution). Maybe you will understand this after read more mail... :-) Gruss Grisu -- Michael Bramer - a Debian Linux Developer http://www.debian.org PGP: finger grisu@db.debian.org -- Linux Sysadmin -- Use Debian Linux "Manchmal ist es besser zu schweigen und die anderen glauben zu lassen, man sei ein Narr, als zu reden und die letzten Zweifel zu beseitigen." (L. Simpson)
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