There are 3 forks of popular packages in the archive with a special -qa version: jed-ja, slang1-ja and slrn-ja. Unfortunately, these were orphaned 1 year and 100 days ago, and still they have not been adopted. This means that they are out of date with regards to the proper version:
jed-ja 0.99.10.jp0-3.3 (jed: 0.99.16-3.2) slang1-ja 1.4.2-2.2 (slang1: 1.4.9-2) slrn-ja 0.9.6.2-2 (slrn: 0.9.8.0-12) I doubt that these -ja patches will get merged upstream anytime soon unless someone actually does something; also, in some cases, other programs handle Japanese just fine (slrn -> tin). My basic question is: what shall we do with these -ja packages? After 1 year and 100 days, I really think that they should be removed. Do the normal packages still not support Japanese, and what is being done about this? Is anyone concerned about this and working on a solution? -- Martin Michlmayr [EMAIL PROTECTED]
