Re: an oddity (was: Re: kexec-tools template update)
Laura Arjona Reina <[email protected]> Fri, 06 Oct 2023 18:59:24 +0200
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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: > > >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")? >> >>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 >> >> 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 > --=20 Laura Arjona Reina https://wiki=2Edebian=2Eorg/LauraArjona Sent with K-9 mail