Re: Intent to NMU zekr-quran-translations-en to fix pending po-debconf l10n bugs
On Thu, 2008-07-31 at 18:22 +0200, Christian Perrier wrote:
> Dear Debian maintainer,
>
> The zekr-quran-translations-en Debian package, which you are the maintainer of, has
> pending bug report(s) which include translation updates or fixes
> for po-debconf, namely bug number 475461 (and maybe other similar bugs).
>
> We're now getting very close to the release and fixing l10n bugs should be done now. Letting such bugs sleep in the BTS is simply lowering
> the chances that your package interaction with its users may be done
> in something else than the English language. It is also not
> encouraging for translators.
>
> I have the intention, as part of a more general action of the Debian
> i18n Task Force to build and possibly upload a non-maintainer upload
> for zekr-quran-translations-en in order to fix this as well as all pending translations
> for the debconf templates.
I will be grateful if you fix that. :)
Thanks,
Mohammad
>
> Of course, an upload made by you would even be better...:-)
>
> Such changes are always harmless, which explains why I safely consider
> building NMU's for such issues even though they're obviously non critical.
>
> The schedule for the NMU (in case it happens, that is if you agree with it
> or if I don't receive any answer in 14 days) is roughly the following:
>
> Thursday, July 31, 2008 : send this notice
> Thursday, August 07, 2008 : post a NMU announcement to debian-i18n with you
> (maintainer) CC'ed
> this can happen earlier if the maintainer agrees
> In such case, the deadlines below will also
> happen earlier
> Thursday, August 14, 2008 : (midnight) deadline for receiving translation updates
> Friday, August 15, 2008 : build the package and upload it to DELAYED/2-day
> send the NMU patch to the BTS
> Sunday, August 17, 2008 : NMU reaches incoming
>
> If you intent to upload yourself, please notify me so that I interrupt
> the process on my side. Please also don't upload without a discussion
> with me. Some translators might send a few new translations and I can handle
> a round of translation updates for you. Really, don't upload silently...:-)
>
> In case I upload an NMU, I will subscribe to the Package Tracking System for
> zekr-quran-translations-en and follow its life for 60 days after my NMU in order to fix
> any issue potentially introduced by my upload.
>
> Let me know, as soon as possible, if you have any kind of objection to this
> process.
>
> If you'd rather do the fix yourself, I will of course leave the package
> alone. Same if you have reasons not to do the update now.
>
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