On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 12:19:52PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Michael Bramer wrote: > > I make the first files from the ddtp db. > > > > Please look at http://ddtp.debian.org/debconf/maintainer and you will > > see a list of all package maintainers with debconf templates. On the > > pages you will find a list of debconf po file links. > > I have written the attached program to aid in downloading from those > pages. When run in a package's directory, it downloads the page[1], parses > it, and tries to figure out what templates files to download. Current Thanks for your work... > modes of operation are: > > - The default mode of operation: Download all tranlsations that are > marked as complete, and also download incomplete translations if the > translation does not exist at all locally. In theory this mode will > lose no local data and will get as many translations as it can. > - Only download translations that are marked as new on the page. This is > of limited value, since I'm not sure over what time period something > is considered "new" -- if it is just new today then this is useless > unless you run the script every day, etc. The meaning of new: new translation in ddtp comparing the last binary package from sid. Only after a new upload of a new binary package, the 'new' tag will removed (if the new binary will include the translations). > - Download everything, even incomplete translations, overwriting > existing files that may heve more translations in them from non-DDTP > sources. Mostly useful so far if you are just starting out on > collecting translations for a package, or want to switch over entirely > to DDTP translations for your package. > - Download better translations -- ones which the DDTP has more strings > traslated than does the package in unstable. > > It can also skip any translations that are not marked as updated. > > None of these modes are perfect, but they seem to be the best I can do > with the available data. Some example runs: if you need/like more data, ask. If I can, I will provide it. > [1] It would be marginally easier for automation if similar pages were > available per source package. I will add this pages too. see http://ddtp.debian.org/debconf/source/<package> Thanks Gruss Grisu -- Michael Bramer - a Debian Linux Developer http://www.debsupport.de PGP: finger grisu@db.debian.org -- Linux Sysadmin -- Use Debian Linux "You don't say what kind of CD drive or hard disks you have, but since it is causing you trouble I'll assume it is IDE." -- comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
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