Re: Exploring the possibility of an l10n upload of amavisd-new to fix pending po-debconf l10n bugs
Christian PERRIER schrieb am Thursday, den 21. April 2011:
> ("oh no, not him again"...)
Oh my god he is back :).
> The amavisd-new 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 597761 (and maybe other similar bugs).
Jupp I know. I am currently preparing a new amavisd-new upstream release
which should fix these bugs.
> We are currently in the beginning of a new release cycle and you may
> think that hunting l10n bugs is too early. However, this is often a
> lengthy process and we always start as early as possible.
>
> So, sorry for this, but the radar beeped at your package and here am I
> with I usually call an "NMU intent"...:-). Please take this as a "very
> soft" NMU intent. Of course, there is no hurry or deadline...just
> "old" bugs we think are easy to get rid of.
>
> In case you can't update your package, I hereby propose, as part
> of a more general action of the Debian i18n Task Force to build and
> possibly upload a non-maintainer upload for amavisd-new in order to fix
> this as well as all pending translations for the debconf templates.
>
> Of course, as you're probably 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 4 days) is roughly the following:
>
> Thursday, April 21, 2011 : send this notice
> Monday, April 25, 2011 : post a NMU announcement to debian-i18n with you
> (maintainer) CC'ed
> Tuesday, May 03, 2011 : deadline for receiving translation updates
> Wednesday, May 04, 2011 : build the package and upload it to DELAYED/7-day
> send the NMU patch to the BTS
> Wednesday, May 11, 2011 : 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. That could maybe save you from
> seeing me coming back again in a few months.
We can handle it as usual, you prepare the translation update and I'll upload
then. That fits better in my version-controlsystem than reintegrating an nmu
;).
Thanks for your work
Alex
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