Re: NEWS.debian translations

[Andreas Metzler <ametzler@logic.univie.ac.at>]

Joe Drew <drew@debian.org> wrote:
> Matt Zimmerman and I would like to make it possible to translate
> NEWS.Debian so that it is practical to put important information in
> that file and have it displayed in a localized fashion when
> apt-listchanges runs. This is to avoid the proliferation of Debconf
> warnings/notes for things which are not of great importance. 
 
> My question to you is: how can we set this up, and in what format
> would such a thing be of greatest utility? I assume po-files, but I'm
> not up on i18n. 

Hello,
Imho one of the major benefits of NEWS.Debian compared to debconf notes
is that it is still easy to find and read *after* the installation. It
sits side by side with the other documentation in
/usr/share/doc/package/ instead of being hidden. - This should be
preserved when implementing an extension.

> P.S.: Please CC: me on any replies.
 
M-F-T set accordingly.
            cu andreas