Bug#818908: jessie-pu: package dpkg/1.17.27

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

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On Sun, 2016-03-27 at 12:06 +0200, Guillem Jover wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> On Wed, 2016-03-23 at 20:52:04 +0100, Julien Cristau wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 16:49:35 +0100, Guillem Jover wrote:
[...]
> > > -The program \fBdpkg\fP will execute when starting a new shell.
> > > +The program \fBdpkg\fP will execute when starting a new interactive shell.
> > >  .TP
> > >  .B COLUMNS
> > >  Sets the number of columns \fBdpkg\fP should use when displaying formatted
> > 
> > This change regresses translations.  As it's essentially a clarification
> > rather than a fix to the previous text, wouldn't it be better to leave
> > the text as-is so as not to invalidate existing translations?
> 
> I always hesitate with string changes, as PO files are designed to
> cope with this gracefully, but in this case I guess it's indeed
> probably not worth it. So I've removed them and rerolled the release.
> Attached the new patch.

Apologies for the delays in getting back to you. Please go ahead.

Regards,

Adam