Re: Package Descrption I18N Proposal
From: Fabien Ninoles <fabien@va.debian.org>
Subject: Re: Package Descrption I18N Proposal
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 11:44:40 -0800
> You can arg the same in the other way: an L-speaking user don't need
> all the text translations for programs that they'll never installed.
> I don't think we can find a general solutions for everything. I prefer
> to see all localisations for a package in the same package until it
> get too big. After that, the maintainer can decided to subdivide the
> package, just like the package-doc.deb scheme.
My intention was to discuss description issue only and I prefer the
"all localizations for a package in the same package" scheme, but I
totally agree to your idea regarding other localized stuff. This may
be same as manpages-<lang> (I'm not sure how they will be coped with,
though).
> For localizations, a simple alternative to the package files will be
> enough, IMHO. We can maintain a md5sums of the descriptions for a known
> valid version (more work for the I18N maintainers who have to check the
> work everytime the description even for typographical reason), or the
> maintainer can warn when the package description change (more subject to
> errors).
www.debian.org webpages are already being translated in such a way.
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Keita Maehara <maehara@debian.or.jp>
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