severity 403803 important thanks Hi,
Santiago Vila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (20/12/2006): > On Wed, 20 Dec 2006, Thomas Huriaux wrote: > > > I support pine only partially, so I have added debconf stuff to > > > allow for unattented installs, but that's all. > > > > Do you allow me or any other people caring about i18n to do the job for > > you, either by NMUing the package or by providing full patches? Or > > should we just stay away from that package? > > You should stay away, really. > > In addition to being non-free, there are two additional reasons why I > think this should not be done, as it would be a complete waste of time: > > a) It is likely that pine will eventually be replaced by alpine > (once alpine is mature enough). > > b) There should be a mta-base package on which packages like this > may depend, so that we do not duplicate the same debconf questions > about /etc/mailname and /etc/news/server over and over again > in every package managing those files. The i18n support in all debconf-using packages being a release goal for Lenny (http://release.debian.org/lenny-goals.txt), I'm raising the severity to important. In the case of pine, there are 3 different ways to fix the package, depending on what comes first: * Lenny is released: the switch must be done long enough before to give time to translators to translate the package. * A mta-base package is created: pine-tracker/note must be switched to po-debconf (or moved to a News.Debian file, as it is really close to a debconf abuse). The two other templates will then be removed. * alpine replaces pine: this bug will be closed together with other pine's bugs. Cheers, -- Thomas Huriaux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
