Re: an oddity (was: Re: kexec-tools template update)

Laura Arjona Reina <[email protected]> Fri, 06 Oct 2023 18:37:42 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.internationalization.english
Message-ID <[email protected]>

El 6 de octubre de 2023 16:17:18 CEST, Justin B Rye <justin=2Ebyam=2Erye@g=
mail=2Ecom> escribi=C3=B3:
>RL wrote:
>> What is the deal with
>> https://www=2Edebian=2Eorg/international/l10n/po-debconf/en - are these
>> packages with invalid =2Epo or is the page just not coping with English
>> being the 'default' (but then why are some listed as "complete")?
>
>It looks as if the handful of packages listed there as having "en=2Epo"
>files have various fairly trivial bugs:
>
> norwegian -	no intelligible relationship between msgid and msgstr
>  The en=2Epo file is datestamped 2007, so clearly a relic of some sort
>
> solaar -	msgstr strings diverge arbitrarily from msgids
>  "Automatically generated" relics from before the review in
>  https://lists=2Edebian=2Eorg/debian-l10n-english/2014/09/msg00005=2Ehtm=
l
>
> kbd-chooser -	msgstr strings pointlessly duplicate msgids
>  The listed translator died tragically back in 2010=2E=2E=2E
>  Could this be some sort of udeb oddity?
>
> tzdata	-	msgstr versions are more clearly expressed versions
>  Might be deliberate, but if so it ought to be documented=2E
>
> durep -	pointless duplication of wobbly English
>  With the translator listed as "dummy"=2E=2E=2E
>
>This may imply that the best way forward would be to make sure that
>lintian checks for en=2Epo files=2E

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Laura Arjona Reina
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