Re: (forw) Google Summer of Code 2007 - mentors and project ideas wanted
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Jens Seidel wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 18, 2007 at 08:37:39AM +0100, Christian Perrier wrote:
>>> This just need the modified apt, synaptics that are waiting somewhere
>>> into experimental IIRC.
>>>
>>> Could we manage the po-debconf the in the same way?
>> I don't see how, with the current tools and package organisation.
>>
>> The translations have to be included in the templates file, as
>> DEBIAN/templates, so interaction with the maintainer at the package
>> build time is mandatory.
>
> Once the new i18n server is up and running it should be as simple as
> adding a new debhelper tool which downloads new translations at build
> time. This requires no action of the maintainer except the initial
> modifications.
>
> Or does the policy forbid such steps (downloads, ...) during package
> builds?
Yes, is forbidden... but probably the developer could trigger the
update by hand and then do the build on his machine with the new
files; he will only need to update the files from time to time.
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Regards,
EddyP
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