Re: Bug#493007: debian-policy: Please recommend tracking translation status of l10n man pages

[Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>]

On Fri, Aug  7, 2009 at 13:37:39 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:

> The following wording has received one second and needs an additional
> second to be committed to the next revision of Policy.  Is everyone happy
> with it?
> 
> > --- a/policy.sgml
> > +++ b/policy.sgml
> > @@ -8885,6 +8885,15 @@ name ["<var>syshostname</var>"]:
> >           characters outside that range may be found in
> >           <manref name="groff_char" section="7">.
> >         </p>
> > +
> > +       <p>
> > +         If a localized version of a manual page is provided, it should
> > +         either be up-to-date or it should be obvious to the reader that
> > +         it is outdated and the original manual page should be used
> > +         instead.  This can be done either by a note at the beginning of
> > +         the manual page or by showing the missing or changed portions in
> > +         the original language instead of the target language.
> > +       </p>
> >        </sect>
> >  
> >        <sect>
> 
Seconded.

Cheers,
Julien