Re: Extended descriptions size

[Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de>]

Andreas Tille <tillea@rki.de> writes:

> On Mon, 30 Mar 2009, Michael Bramer wrote:
>
>> Goswin von Brederlow schrieb:
>>> I think the idea of using the Description-md5sum is that in most cases
>>> the md5sum remains identical for many versions. If you use the
>>> packages actual version then every upload will need a new translation
>>> entry or some fuzzyness to accept an older versions translation.
>
> I understood the sense of having md5sums in translation files. My
> suggsetion was an *additional* field which keeps the package version.
> In case there are different versions of a package in one dist (might
> be because an arch is lagging behind) either the md5sums differ
> and you store different translations anyway or the desciptions are
> equal and in this case use the highes available version number.
>
> Kind regards
>
>        Andreas.

Cant you have mutliple descriptions for the same package with
different md5sums in the translation file?

MfG
        Goswin