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Bug#492624: debian-policy: Allow internal debconf questions



Joey Hess wrote:
> Julian Andres Klode wrote:
>> Quoting 3.9.1:
>> "Packages which use the Debian Configuration management specification must allow for trans-
>> lation of their messages by using a gettext-based system such as the one provided by the
>> po-debconf package."
>>
>> But internal debconf questions should not be translated, as they are not
>> displayed to the user.
> 
> Internal debconf questions are not communicated and thus are not "messages".
> 
This should be clarified in the policy.

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