On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 8:07 AM, Christian PERRIER <bubu...@debian.org>wrote:
> Dear Debian maintainer,
>
> Hi all,
> ("oh no, not him again"...)
>
> The virtuoso-opensource 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 605343 (and maybe other similar bugs).
>
> We are currently in the beginning of a new release cycle and you may
> think that hunting l10n bugs is too early. However, this is often a
> lengthy process and we always start as early as possible.
>
> So, sorry for this, but the radar beeped at your package and here am I
> with what I usually call an "NMU intent"...:-). Please take this as a "very
> soft" NMU intent. Of course, there is no hurry or deadline...just
> "old" bugs we think are easy to get rid of.
>
> In case you can't update your package, I hereby propose, as part
> of a more general action of the Debian i18n Task Force to build and
> possibly upload a non-maintainer upload for virtuoso-opensource in order to
> fix
> this as well as all pending translations for the debconf templates.
>
> Of course, as you're probably pretty active on that package, an upload
> by you would also be OK...as long as it allows a round of translation
> updates.
>
> 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 4 days) is roughly the following:
>
> Friday, July 22, 2011 : send this notice
> Tuesday, July 26, 2011 : post a NMU announcement to debian-i18n with
> you
> (maintainer) CC'ed
> Wednesday, August 03, 2011 : deadline for receiving translation
> updates
> Thursday, August 04, 2011 : build the package and upload it to
> DELAYED/7-day
> send the NMU patch to the BTS
> Thursday, August 11, 2011 : NMU reaches incoming
>
> If you intent to upload yourself, please discuss with me. I propose
> handling a translation update round and I can handle it myself for you.
> That will just require a few days. That could maybe save you from
> seeing me coming back again in a few months.
>
> In case I upload an NMU, I will subscribe to the Package Tracking System
> for
> virtuoso-opensource 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.
All the i18n requests have been committed to git and will be part of the
(significant) update to be uploaded during DebConf.
Thanks!
