Hi, On Sun, 2008-06-01 at 18:42 +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: > Dear Debian maintainer, > > The lilo Debian package, which you are the maintainer of, has > pending bug report(s) which include translation updates or fixes > for po-debconf, namely bug number 421531 (and maybe other similar bugs). > > Even if we're still far from the release of the next Debian version, > letting such bugs sleep in the BTS is simply lowering > the chances that your package interaction with its users may be done > in something else than the English language. It is also not > encouraging for translators. > > I have the intention, as part of a more general action of the Debian > i18n Task Force to build and possibly upload a non-maintainer upload > for lilo in order to fix this as well as all pending translations > for the debconf templates. > > Of course, an upload made by you would even be better...:-) > > Such changes are always harmless, which explains why I safely consider > building NMU's for such issues even though they're obviously non critical. > > The schedule for the NMU (in case it happens, that is if you agree with it > or if I don't receive any answer in 14 days) is roughly the following: > > Sunday, June 01, 2008 : send this notice > Wednesday, June 11, 2008 : post a NMU announcement to debian-i18n with > you > (maintainer) CC'ed > this can happen earlier if the maintainer agrees > In such case, the deadlines below will also > happen earlier > Thursday, June 19, 2008 : (midnight) deadline for receiving > translation updates > Friday, June 20, 2008 : build the package and upload it to > DELAYED/2-day > send the NMU patch to the BTS > Sunday, June 22, 2008 : NMU reaches incoming > > If you intent to upload yourself, please notify me so that I interrupt > the process on my side. Please also don't upload without a discussion > with me. Some translators might send a few new translations and I can handle > a round of translation updates for you. Really, don't upload silently...:-) > > In case I upload an NMU, I will subscribe to the Package Tracking System for > lilo and follow its life for 60 days after my NMU in order to fix > any issue potentially introduced by my upload. > > Let me know, as soon as possible, if you have any kind of objection to this > process. > > If you'd rather do the fix yourself, I will of course leave the package > alone. Same if you have reasons not to do the update now. >
I have prepared an upload which includes the translations I have received, but I need someone to sponsor it. It also warns people about using very large initrd images which can cause the boot process to fail. (Sorry about not seeing this sooner. I receive a lot of email and this slipped through.) William
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