Re: Intent to NMU or help for an l10n upload of cvs to fix pending po-debconf l10n bugs
On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 03:06:33PM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote:
>Dear Debian maintainer,
Hey Christian,
>The cvs 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 484726 (and maybe other similar bugs).
>
>Even though this bug is quite recent, the release of Debian is now
>getting closer and an opportunity should be taken to not only fix
>that l10n bug, but also get more translations for your package. Even
>after the freeze, updates that only contain l10n are allowed. NOW is
>th emoment to fix this.
>
>In case you can't update your package, 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 cvs in order to fix
>this as well as all pending translations for the debconf templates.
>
>Of course, as you seem pretty active on that package, an upload by you
>would also be OK...as long as it allows a round of translation
>updates.
>
>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 10 days) is roughly the following:
>
> Monday, August 18, 2008 : send this notice
> Friday, August 22, 2008 : post a NMU announcement to debian-i18n with you
> (maintainer) CC'ed
> Thursday, August 28, 2008 : deadline for receiving translation updates
> Friday, August 29, 2008 : build the package and upload it to DELAYED/2-day
> send the NMU patch to the BTS
> Sunday, August 31, 2008 : NMU reaches incoming
>
>If you intent to upload yourself, please discuss with me. I propose
>handling a translation update round and I can handle it myself for you.
>That will just require a few days.
I'm quite happy to upload myself, just let me know when you have the
translations ready.
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Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com
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