Quoting Frank Küster ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Package: debconf > Version: 1.4.72 > Severity: wishlist > > I couldn't find any hint that comments are allowed in templates files, > neither in the man page nor in the sources at a quick glance. But this > would be very useful. > > We've just sent out a translation request to the last noted translators, > and one of them commented that the english wording of one of the new > messages could be better. The issue wasn't important enough to warrant > a change at once, and bothering the translators again, but we'd like to > do it as soon as we need to ask for translations again because of some > other change. > > In order to not forget this, it would be cool if we could not this in > the templates file, without making translations fuzzy. Just a simple > one-line comment started with "^#" would do.
I suggest you have a look at the po-debconf man page. Everything you need is currently supported and you'll discover even more..:-) Example from D-I: Template: mirror/http/countries Type: select _Choices: enter information manually # Translators, you should put there the ISO 3166 code of a country # which you know hosts at least one Debian HTTP mirror. Please check # that the country really has a Debian HTTP mirror before putting a random # value here # # BE CAREFUL tu use the ISO-3166 TWO LETTER CODE and not anything # else # # You do not need to translate square brackets _Default: US[ Default value for http] _Description: Debian archive mirror country: The goal is to find a mirror of the Debian archive that is close to you on the network -- be aware that nearby countries, or even your own, may not be the best choice. Another example from exim4: Template: exim4/dc_eximconfig_configtype Type: select # Translators beware! the following six strings form a single # Choices menu. - Every one of these strings has to fit in a standard # 80 characters console, as the fancy screen setup takes up some space # try to keep below ~71 characters. # DO NOT USE commas (,) in Choices translations otherwise # this will break the choices shown to users __Choices: internet site; mail is sent and received directly using SMTP, mail sent by smarthost; received via SMTP or fetchmail, mail sent by smarthost; no local mail, local delivery only; not on a network, manually convert from handcrafted Exim v3 configuration, no configuration at this time _Description: General type of mail configuration: Select the configuration type that best meets your needs. . Systems with dynamic IP addresses, including dialup systems, should generally be configured to send outgoing mail to another machine, called a "smart host" for delivery. You can choose to receive mail on such a system; or to have no local mail delivery, except mail for root and postmaster.
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