Re: Asking for a new pseudo package in the BTS: l10n-french
On Fri, 24 Jan 2003, Martin Quinson wrote:
> [debian-i18n CCed for obvious reason, debian-policy CCed because I'm not
> sure anymore who decides which pseudo-package exists]
>
> Hello,
>
> As coordinator of the french translation team, we would like to ask for the
> creation of a new pseudo package in the BTS. It would be called l10n-french,
> and would be made to repport problems in french translations.
>
> It would be possible to repport bugs using the french language. We believe
> that a lot of french speaking user can't speak english enough to repport
> problems in translations in english, and when they can, developpers may
> hesitate about what to do about such bugs.
>
> Using such a pseudo package, users will be able to repport easily such bugs,
> tracking such bugs will be easier for team members.
>
> Then, our team can fix by its own problems repported against the web pages,
> and we can provide patches to maintainers if the problem is debian specific.
>
> The most interesting case is when the problem is not debian specific. For
> now, we have to wait for the debian maintainer to forward the problem to the
> upstream author, which have in turn to forward the problem to the
> translators working with him. Using the proposed mechanism, the our team
> will be able to directly forward the problem to the upstream translators,
> which we know in most cases.
>
>
> Thanks for creating this pseudo module, or for indicating who I should ask
> if I'm wrong.
Ask ftpmaster, they are responsible. Additionally, I think this pseudo
package is a waste. There is no l10n package, let alone l10n-foo.
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