Re: problems with the translated description...
On Sat, Jul 28, 2001 at 01:52:04PM +0200, Michael Bramer wrote:
[...]
> > > You can. make this:
> > > apt-cache show XXXX
> > > cut and paste the description in a file and add the translated
> > > description and send the whole thing to the server as attachment.
> >
> > All translators do not run unstable.
>
> This is all not the problem.
>
> 1.) with the new apt, you can run testing and get description with
> apt-cache from sid
> 2.) I can edit the server and make a new command like 'get de
> $PACKAGENAME'
> 3.) The package descriptions are a moving target, but the description
> is not moving all days. If you translate a potato description,
> othen this is ok, and if not, the server save all parts and othen
> only one part is changes.
> 4.) You can download the description by hand from every debian mirror.
>
> I think you are seraching problmes sometimes and you don't like
> translated description or my service...
We receive mails from people without technical skills running potato
who ask how to help with Debian translation. So in my mind everything
should be done to ease their work. Asking them to install a newer apt
then retrieving descriptions is not satisfactory, even if it is quite
trivial.
If you want only skilled developers to work on translations, I will
disagree but respect your point of view,.
> If you have improvements, ask, I can (maybe) put this improvement into
> practice.
The reason why I posted these messages is because Jaime posted very
interesting improvements (from my point of view, to help newbies getting
involved) and you did not want to hear from them.
Denis
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