Bug#769170: Translation update?

["Adam D. Barratt" <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>]

On 2014-11-12 8:42, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote:
[...]
> In the Jessie freeze policy, we instead have:
>
> "translation updates and documentation fixes, via TPU when included 
> with other
> TPU-applicable fixes. (until the 5th of January 2015)"[2]
>
> To me this reads as:
>
> - translation updates and documentation fixes are fine in unstable 
> until the 5th
> of January
> - translation updates and documentation fixes are fine in t-p-u until 
> the 5th of
> January, *only* if accompanied by other fixes that meet the t-p-u 
> criteria
>
> This indeed matches the old description, which was clarified in
> 42b55359d12ed5c70a53ac041fedaa45b1e729ad.

ftr, I don't believe that it does match the old description, which is 
why I clarified it. It's possible that it matches the intent, but that's 
another question. :-)

Specifically, if the above is what was intended, then I don't see why 
there are two separate items with separate (but identical dates); if 
that's the correct interpretation then the first bullet point is 
redundant and pointless - i.e. we could simply have had (modulo the typo 
from the original draft document):

+  <li>translation updates and documentation fixes, (<b>until FREEZE + 2 
mont TODO</b>;
+    <ol>
+      <li>Allowed in TPU when done together with other TPU-applicable 
fixes.</li>
+    </ol>
+  </li>

without the second "included with fixes for the above criteria" item.

The wheezy policy had

  <li>translation updates and documentation fixes that are included with 
fixes
  for the above criteria.</li>
  <li>translation updates and documentation fixes;</li>

but that made sense because the criteria were dropped from the list of 
acceptable changes at different dates. It's possible that introduced 
confusion while drafting the jessie policy.

Regards,

Adam