Re: Upload «debian-installer» translations

Andrei POPESCU <[email protected]> Fri, 8 May 2020 17:42:58 +0300

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On Vi, 08 mai 20, 16:14:57, Camaleón wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I first posted on the Spanish mailing list but nobody replied.
> 
> It seems there were some changes the way translation of debian-installer
> PO files are being handled¹.
> 
> IIRC, Debian robot was being used in first stage (ITT, RFR, and so 
> on...)  but now it seems there are two ways for managing the files 
> updates:
> 
> - Salsa
> - Weblate
> 
> Both systems need an account to be able to upload these files but I do 
> not have an account (neither I want to take the responsibility of 
> uploading files to Debian servers and doing commits).
> 
> Questions are:
> 
> 1. Is the robot still being used to handle these files or now everybody
> can edit the PO files without needing to tell other translators they are 
> working on it?

Unless I missed something the robot's purpose was coordination only. The 
.po files still needed to be uploaded by someone with commit access.

> 2. How can a I update a PO file with no account?
> 
> ¹ https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/installation-guide/-/tree/master/po/es

The classic method is to send the .po file attached to a wishlist bug 
report against the corresponding package (in this case probably 
'debian-installer', Cc: -boot for confirmation).

Kind regards,
Andrei
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