Re: Delete https://wiki.debian.org/DDTP

Hi!

On 20/02/23 16:02, [email protected] wrote:

> on the Python list I was asking about package description translations. 
> I was pointed to
> 
> https://wiki.debian.org/DDTP
> 
> and got shocked.
> 
> This wiki entry is not understandable for people outside of DDTP. It is 
> just a bunch of notes and TODO entries.
> It doesn't help Debian as a project. But it IMHO harms Debian's image 
> because this is accessible to the public and someone could argue this is 
> a regular Debian website.

I did not contribute to that particular wiki page, but I contribute to 
the DDTP translation work, and I am thankful for all the work Debian 
maintainers/developers have dedicated to the system in the past years.

I think that page might contain several useful information for anyone 
wanting to work on maintaining the system.

One option would be to rename it to something indicating that is mostly 
a page for those who want to contribute to managing/maintaining the 
system, more than using it for translations.

What I did (and mind you, since it is a wiki anyone can make their 
changes and improvement to the pages) is putting a note at the beginning 
of the page stating that the page is mostly aimed at maintainers.

Someone else might want to make bigger changes

> There is a much better resource
> 
> https://www.debian.org/international/l10n/ddtp

I also added a link to this page in the note, and another link to the 
DDTSS page.

> It is not clear for me why this wiki entry exists. I see no good reason 
> for it.
> I would recommend to move the relevant information's from the wiki to 
> "https://www.debian.org/international/l10n/ddtp" and then remove the 
> whole wiki entry.

I don't think I saw anywhere else info on the DDTP internal database 
structure so, personally, I did not delete the entry.

> I also found
> 
> https://wiki.debian.org/I18n
> 
> So what is the main resource? Please centralize your information's for 
> outsiders. This would prevent you from driving potential contributors away.

The good thing about the wiki is that anyone can contribute with new 
pages/new info or improving the existing ones.

Ciao,

beatrice