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Re: debconf template translation



On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 12:51:46AM +0100, Michael Bramer wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 05:11:03PM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > > A source package maintainer can send a template file to this email
> > > address, the server will include the new english text to its database
> > > and write bug reports to the old translators and give the new texts a
> > > extra hight priority.
> > 
> > > Comments?

> > Agreed.  I think this should require signed emails from the maintainers,
> > however.

> why this? 

> yes, someone can submit useless text to the ddtp, but I see no important
> problem. The server will not use this text (or its translations) for any
> important tasks...

Translators could waste a lot of time translating trojaned templates.

If you think PGP is overkill, at least keep good mail logs. ;)

-- 
Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer

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