Hello Guillem,
On Sun, May 17, 2020 at 12:59:02AM +0200, Guillem Jover wrote:
> On Fri, 2020-05-15 at 22:04:36 +0200, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> > On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 02:57:28PM +0200, Guillem Jover wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2020-05-12 at 19:42:02 +0200, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> > > > I'm workin on stable, if this matters.
> > >
> > > Hmm, right that would not work entirely. :/ The latest po4a release
> > > changed the default for the --porefs option, and removed the old way
> > > to change that default, so code that changed the default cannot
> > > specify it in a way that is backwards compatible. This should mostly
> > > affect wrapping, so I guess I could also relax the Build-Depends, but
> > > I assume we'll get flip-flops in the .po depending on where it got
> > > updated.
> >
> > Ok, then I run this in a sid chroot.
>
> I've improved this now in master, and the --porefs value will be
> selected based on what is needed, so it should be safe to run it on
> stable again.
No, it does not work:
make: Entering directory '/tmp/dpkg/man'
PO4A update-po
(3149 entries)
Error: 'msgmerge -U po/de.add po/dpkg-man.pot --add-location=file --previous --backup=none' exited with value 1.
make: *** [Makefile:893: update-po] Error 1
make: Leaving directory '/tmp/dpkg/man'
But again, I can use a sid chroot.
> > > I'm also wondering about the addenda, which I refactored to specify
> > > them only once in the config, but that only works in testing/sid. We
> > > removed references to man page authors some time ago, so was
> > > considering whether to do the same for the addenda and remove them to
> > > match the upstream part, which would also remove that problem entirely.
> > > Not sure how that would fly with translators though?
> >
> > I would rather keep the translators, because when translation issues
> > arise they should be known as first point of contact.
>
> Ok, that makes sense. More so because with the switch to POD, the
> copyright header (for now) does not end up in the generated man pages,
> so even checking the source would not give any such indication.
>
> > Also translation
> > is a significant effort often overlooked so having the names there is
> > also a way to acknowledge that effort and saying "thank you".
>
> Oh I'm completely aware, I've done translation stuff too and I know
> it's an endless ton of work and time, so please do not take this as
> undervaluing that work!
>
> I also think documentation is important, but personally I tend to find
> AUTHOR sections in man pages distracting (even when I'm one of them :).
> First because it's usually not clear whether this is about the
> program or the man page, then because it tends to get out of sync with
> the copyright header, and finally because it feels like details that
> if interested in can be checked in the source code.
>
> > (And except this hopefully temporary issue the maintenance effort for
> > your side is almost zero).
>
> Sure, it's not a big deal, and I'm fine with keeping them, so let's do
> that then.
Great, thanks.
Greetings
Helge
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