Bug#492624: debian-policy: Allow internal debconf questions
Julian Andres Klode <jak@jak-linux.org> writes:
> Joey Hess wrote:
>> Julian Andres Klode wrote:
>>> Quoting 3.9.1:
>>> "Packages which use the Debian Configuration management specification
>>> must allow for translation 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.
Would changing that sentence to:
Packages which use the Debian Configuration management specification
must allow for translation of their user-visible messages by using a
gettext-based system such as the one provided by the po-debconf
package.
be sufficient to address this bug for you?
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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