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

Laura Arjona Reina <[email protected]> Fri, 06 Oct 2023 18:59:24 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.internationalization.english
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Apologies, I sent an empty message by mistake=2E

I'll have a look at the https://www=2Edebian=2Eorg/international/l10n/po-d=
ebconf/en dashboard and figure out if we should omit its generation or deci=
de what to do=2E

Kind regards

El 6 de octubre de 2023 18:37:42 CEST, Laura Arjona Reina <larjona@larjona=
=2Enet> escribi=C3=B3:
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>El 6 de octubre de 2023 16:17:18 CEST, Justin B Rye <justin=2Ebyam=2Erye@=
gmail=2Ecom> escribi=C3=B3:
>>RL wrote:
>>> What is the deal with
>>> https://www=2Edebian=2Eorg/international/l10n/po-debconf/en - are thes=
e
>>> packages with invalid =2Epo or is the page just not coping with Englis=
h
>>> being the 'default' (but then why are some listed as "complete")?
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>>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=2Eht=
ml
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>> 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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