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--- Begin Message ---Package: debian-policy Version: 3.8.0.1 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch l10n X-Debbugs-CC: debian-i...@lists.debian.org Currently it is not possible to (reliably) decide, whether an translated man page is up to date or not. In fact quite a few translations are outdated (missing newer parameters and other information) or not a translation at all but a rewrite for a previous version. While this is an upstream issue, debian maintainers should be aware of this problem and activly talk to their upstream to resolve this problem. Thus I suggest the following patch for debian policy: countries.[4] + If a loclized man page for a certain command is provided, it should + either be up to date or it should be clearly visible that this version + is outdated (either by a note in the beginning or by showing the + missing/changed parts in English instead of the target language). + Where the build system of the localized man page does not provide the + option to enable this Debian developers and maintainers are asked to + take this issue to their upstream to resolve. + + If Debian developers themselves provide a framework to support + localized man pages this framework must fulfill the requirements of + the previous paragraphs. In this case it is recommended to use po4a + for localization. + Due to limitations in current implementations, all characters in the -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid Architecture: powerpc (ppc) Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-3-powerpc Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash debian-policy depends on no packages. debian-policy recommends no packages. Versions of packages debian-policy suggests: ii doc-base 0.8.16 utilities to manage online documen -- no debconf information -- Dr. Helge Kreutzmann deb...@helgefjell.de Dipl.-Phys. http://www.helgefjell.de/debian.php 64bit GNU powered gpg signed mail preferred Help keep free software "libre": http://www.ffii.de/
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--- Begin Message ---Source: debian-policy Source-Version: 3.8.3.0 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of debian-policy, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive: debian-policy_3.8.3.0.dsc to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.8.3.0.dsc debian-policy_3.8.3.0.tar.gz to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.8.3.0.tar.gz debian-policy_3.8.3.0_all.deb to pool/main/d/debian-policy/debian-policy_3.8.3.0_all.deb A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is attached. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to 493...@bugs.debian.org, and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org> (supplier of updated debian-policy package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing ftpmas...@debian.org) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.8 Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700 Source: debian-policy Binary: debian-policy Architecture: source all Version: 3.8.3.0 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Debian Policy List <debian-policy@lists.debian.org> Changed-By: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org> Description: debian-policy - Debian Policy Manual and related documents Closes: 493007 514919 519941 522217 525190 527871 529771 530967 533577 533852 534408 537707 538665 539389 541537 Changes: debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low . * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source Wording: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org> Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hert...@debian.org> Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <sriva...@debian.org> Closes: #530967 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables Wording: Guillem Jover <guil...@debian.org> Seconded: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org> Seconded: Andrew McMillan <and...@morphoss.com> Closes: #527871 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions Wording: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org> Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hert...@debian.org> Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <sriva...@debian.org> Closes: #514919 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf Wording: Steve Langasek <vor...@debian.org> Seconded: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org> Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <k...@roeckx.be> Seconded: Adeodato Simó <d...@net.com.org.es> Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcris...@debian.org> Closes: #519941 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling Wording: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org> Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcris...@debian.org> Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <sriva...@debian.org> Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hert...@debian.org> Closes: #522217 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn Wording: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org> Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcris...@debian.org> Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hert...@debian.org> Closes: #493007 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding Wording: Colin Watson <cjwat...@debian.org> Seconded: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org> Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <sriva...@golden-gryphon.com> Closes: #537707 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines Wording: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org> Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcris...@debian.org> Seconded: Guillem Jover <guil...@debian.org> Closes: #533852 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info Wording: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org> Seconded: Guillem Jover <guil...@debian.org> Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hert...@debian.org> Closes: #538665 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements Wording: Cyril Brulebois <k...@debian.org> Seconded: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org> Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <sriva...@debian.org> Closes: #525190 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577) * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771) * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408) * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389) * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438) * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples. * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and add more details about the contents of the Description field in a *.changes file. * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and Source field descriptions. * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537) * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field description says otherwise. 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