[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: Intent to NMU bacula to fix pending po-debconf l10n bugs



Quoting Christian Perrier (bubulle@debian.org):
> Dear Debian maintainer,
> 
> The bacula 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 489942 (and maybe other similar bugs).


Blah blah...

John, I actually intended to send the "soft" version of my "Intent to
NMU" text, which is less "rude" to maintainers. 

So, here's what I intended to send, indeed (this is my template...):

Dear Debian maintainer,

The <PACKAGE> 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 <BUGNR> (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 <PACKAGE> 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:

 <DAY00>   : send this notice
 <DAY04>       : post a NMU announcement to debian-i18n with you
                 (maintainer) CC'ed
 <DAY10>       : deadline for receiving translation updates
 <DAY11>       : build the package and upload it to DELAYED/2-day
                 send the NMU patch to the BTS
 <DAY13>       : 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.

In case I upload an NMU, I will subscribe to the Package Tracking System for
<PACKAGE> 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.


Attachment: signature.asc
Description: Digital signature


Reply to: