Re: [ITR] templates://slim/{slim.templates}

[Mike Massonnet <mmassonnet@gmail.com>]

Hi Christian,

I want to let you know that the latest slim package is on
mentors.debian.net[0].  It contains the translated debconf bugs which I
tagged as pending.

I will plan an RFS after that review in that case thus I fully approve.
I'm not sure NMU allows new versions, so I want to add that I prefer an
upload of 1.3.0 instead of 1.2.6-1.1.  In short the 1.3.0 provides fixes
against DPI, locales, in gcc-4.3 FTBFS, in addition to the numerous
debconf translation.

Thanks,
mike

[0] http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/s/slim/slim_1.3.0-1.dsc

On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 11:43:23AM +0100, Christian Perrier wrote:
> Dear Debian maintainer,
> 
> The Debian internationalisation team and the Debian English
> localisation team will soon begin the review of the debconf
> templates used in slim.
> 
> This review takes place for all packages that use debconf to interact with
> users and its aims are:
> - to improve the use of English in all debconf templates;
> - to make the wording of debconf templates more consistent;
> - to encourage more translations of templates.
> 
> Even if your first language is English, this process is likely to help
> track down typos or errors, and improve consistency between the
> debconf templates of your package and that of other packages in the
> distribution.
> 
> The process involves both debian-l10n-english contributors and
> Debian translators.
> 
> The details of the process are given in
> http://wiki.debian.org/I18n/SmithDebconfReviewProcess.
> 
> I will act as the coordinator of this activity for slim.
> 
> The first step of the process is to review the debconf source
> template file(s) of slim. This review will start on Monday, March 03, 2008, or
> as soon as you acknowledge this mail with an agreement for us to
> carry out this process.
> 
> All parts of the process will be carried out in close collaboration
> with you, and, unless you explicitely ask for it, no upload nor NMU
> will happen for slim.
> 
> If you approve this process, please let us know by replying to this
> mail. If some work in progress on your side would conflict with such a
> rewrite (such as adding or removing debconf templates), please say so,
> and we will defer the review to later in the development cycle.
> 
> Thank you for your attention.
> 
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> 
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