(this mail is BCC'ed to the original bug reporter who made the mistake and the translation coordinator for the relevant language, but the problem I want to point here is becoming quite common and happens for many translation teams and translators)
> * #419524: [INTL:ml] Updated Malayalam debconf template translation of > ALSA > Package: alsa-driver_1.0.13-5; Severity: wishlist; Reported by: > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > <bug reporter undisclosed>; Tags: l10n, patch. > * #419526: [INTL:ml] Updated Malayalam debconf template translation of > APACHE > Package: apache_1.3.34-4.1; Severity: wishlist; Reported by: > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > <bug reporter undisclosed>; Tags: l10n, patch. > * #419527: [INTL:ml] Updated Malayalam debconf template > translation of Mplayer > Package: mplayer_1.0~rc1-13; Severity: wishlist; Reported by: > <bug reporter undisclosed>; Tags: l10n, patch. I would like to bring the attention of all Debian translators on the way you report debconf translation updates and more generally all translation updates related to a given package. Please note that the package against which you should report the debconf translation update is the *source package*. The name you should use is the NAME OF THE PACKAGE ALONE, not the package-version combination, not a funny name like "foo_debian_po_tlh.po". It is deeply suggested that you use the reportbug or reportbug-ng utilities. In case you can't do so (for instance if you use another operating system), you can report bugs by sending a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] *with the following lines as first lines in the mail body*: Package: foo Tags: l10n patch Severity: wishlist "foo" *MUST* be *ONLY* the package name, as said above. More documentation about the way to report bugs against Debian package may be found at http://bugs.debian.org. The Debian Installer i18n doc also gives hints which are more targeted at translation work: http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/i18n-doc/ape.html Any misdirected bug has to be manually processed by the Debian QA team members who have to figure out which package the translation is related to and then reassign the bug to this package. Of course, the time spent in this is not spent on other more productive tasks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
