On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 07:40:22AM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: > Dear Debian maintainer, > > The dhcp3 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 491762 (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 dhcp3 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: > > Thursday, September 25, 2008 : send this notice > Monday, September 29, 2008 : post a NMU announcement to debian-i18n with you > (maintainer) CC'ed > Sunday, October 05, 2008 : deadline for receiving translation updates > Monday, October 06, 2008 : build the package and upload it to DELAYED/2-day > send the NMU patch to the BTS > Wednesday, October 08, 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. > > In case I upload an NMU, I will subscribe to the Package Tracking System for > dhcp3 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. I can take care of this. If you want to request a round of updates, I can wait until the 8th of October, otherwise, I can make an upload that fixes #491762 in the near future. regards Andrew
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