I would like to come back to this idea:
adding a warning to the first page of the manual, when a translation is
outdated, and trying to find a new translator.
Comments?
I have attached an updated patch.
Holger
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Index: build/lang-options/README
===================================================================
--- build/lang-options/README (Revision 70531)
+++ build/lang-options/README (Arbeitskopie)
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+ABOUT THIS DIRECTORY
+====================
+
+Each language, for which a translation is existing, should have a file
+here with the language code as its name, even if the file is empty.
+
+
INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING OPTIONAL PARAGRAPHS
==========================================
@@ -7,7 +14,8 @@
To include an optional paragraph for your translation, you need to "enable"
it:
-- creating a file in this directory with your language code as its name
+- creating a file for your language in this directory (in case it's not
+ already there; see above)
- add a singe line in this file containing:
optional_paras="condition(s)"
- if you want to enable more than one optional paragraph, separate their
Index: build/lang-options/cs
===================================================================
--- build/lang-options/cs (Revision 0)
+++ build/lang-options/cs (Arbeitskopie)
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# empty placeholder file
Index: build/lang-options/da
===================================================================
--- build/lang-options/da (Revision 0)
+++ build/lang-options/da (Arbeitskopie)
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# empty placeholder file
Index: build/lang-options/el
===================================================================
--- build/lang-options/el (Revision 0)
+++ build/lang-options/el (Arbeitskopie)
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#optional_paras="outdated-translation"
Index: build/lang-options/es
===================================================================
--- build/lang-options/es (Revision 70531)
+++ build/lang-options/es (Arbeitskopie)
@@ -1 +1 @@
-optional_paras="translation-status;about-langteam;gpl-unofficial"
+optional_paras="translation-status;about-langteam;gpl-unofficial;outdated-translation"
Index: build/lang-options/eu
===================================================================
--- build/lang-options/eu (Revision 0)
+++ build/lang-options/eu (Arbeitskopie)
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+optional_paras="outdated-translation"
Index: build/lang-options/fi
===================================================================
--- build/lang-options/fi (Revision 70531)
+++ build/lang-options/fi (Arbeitskopie)
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-optional_paras="about-langteam;translation-status;gpl-unofficial"
+optional_paras="about-langteam;translation-status;gpl-unofficial;outdated-translation"
Index: build/lang-options/hu
===================================================================
--- build/lang-options/hu (Revision 70531)
+++ build/lang-options/hu (Arbeitskopie)
@@ -1 +1 @@
-optional_paras="about-langteam;translation-status;gpl-unofficial"
+optional_paras="about-langteam;translation-status;gpl-unofficial;outdated-translation"
Index: build/lang-options/nn
===================================================================
--- build/lang-options/nn (Revision 0)
+++ build/lang-options/nn (Arbeitskopie)
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+optional_paras="outdated-translation"
Index: build/lang-options/pt_BR
===================================================================
--- build/lang-options/pt_BR (Revision 70531)
+++ build/lang-options/pt_BR (Arbeitskopie)
@@ -1 +1 @@
-optional_paras="about-langteam;translation-status;gpl-unofficial"
+optional_paras="about-langteam;translation-status;gpl-unofficial;outdated-translation"
Index: build/lang-options/ro
===================================================================
--- build/lang-options/ro (Revision 0)
+++ build/lang-options/ro (Arbeitskopie)
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+optional_paras="outdated-translation"
Index: build/lang-options/ru
===================================================================
--- build/lang-options/ru (Revision 0)
+++ build/lang-options/ru (Arbeitskopie)
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+optional_paras="outdated-translation"
Index: build/lang-options/sv
===================================================================
--- build/lang-options/sv (Revision 70531)
+++ build/lang-options/sv (Arbeitskopie)
@@ -1 +1 @@
-optional_paras="translation-status;gpl-unofficial"
+optional_paras="translation-status;gpl-unofficial;outdated-translation"
Index: build/lang-options/tl
===================================================================
--- build/lang-options/tl (Revision 0)
+++ build/lang-options/tl (Arbeitskopie)
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+optional_paras="outdated-translation"
Index: build/lang-options/vi
===================================================================
--- build/lang-options/vi (Revision 70531)
+++ build/lang-options/vi (Arbeitskopie)
@@ -1 +1 @@
-optional_paras="about-langteam;translation-status;gpl-unofficial"
+optional_paras="about-langteam;translation-status;gpl-unofficial;outdated-translation"
Index: build/lang-options/zh_CN
===================================================================
--- build/lang-options/zh_CN (Revision 70531)
+++ build/lang-options/zh_CN (Arbeitskopie)
@@ -1 +1 @@
-optional_paras="about-langteam;translation-status;gpl-unofficial"
+optional_paras="about-langteam;translation-status;gpl-unofficial;outdated-translation"
Index: build/lang-options/zh_TW
===================================================================
--- build/lang-options/zh_TW (Revision 0)
+++ build/lang-options/zh_TW (Arbeitskopie)
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+optional_paras="outdated-translation"
Index: en/bookinfo.xml
===================================================================
--- en/bookinfo.xml (Revision 70531)
+++ en/bookinfo.xml (Arbeitskopie)
@@ -36,6 +36,18 @@
</para></note>
</para>
+<warning condition="outdated-translation"><para>
+<!-- Translators: This paragraph will be displayed only in translations
+which are outdated and not in active maintenance. It shall be left
+untranslated. Keep it as the following: -->
+This translation of the installation guide is not up-to-date and
+currently there is noone actively working on updating it. Keep this in
+mind when reading it; it may contain outdated or wrong information.
+Read or double-check the English variant, if in doubt. If you can help us
+with updating the translation, please contact debian-boot or the
+debian-l10n-xxx mailinglist for this language. Many thanks
+</para></warning>
+
<para condition="translation-status">
Translators can use this paragraph to provide some information about
the status of the translation, for example if the translation is still
