On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 07:58:51AM +0100, Christian PERRIER wrote: > Dear Debian maintainer, > > ("oh no, not him again"...) You again ;-) > The isc-dhcp 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 651396 (and maybe other similar bugs). > > So, sorry for this, but the radar beeped at your package and here am I > with what 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 isc-dhcp 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 NMUs 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: > > Friday, February 17, 2012 : send this notice > Tuesday, February 21, 2012 : post a NMU announcement to debian-i18n with you > (maintainer) CC'ed > Wednesday, February 29, 2012 : deadline for receiving translation updates > Thursday, March 01, 2012 : build the package and upload it to DELAYED/7-day > send the NMU patch to the BTS > Thursday, March 08, 2012 : 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. > > In case I upload an NMU, I will subscribe to the Package Tracking System for > isc-dhcp 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'd rather you didn't NMU this package, as it's a bit of a mess due to the couple of RC bugs that I'm waiting on upstream to address. I promise to address these translation bugs in my next upload. regards Andrew
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