[Adding debian-www to the loop] Hi,
Holger Wansing <hwans...@mailbox.org> wrote (Sun, 3 Dec 2023 00:08:21 +0100): > I would not vote too strict against the removal of outdated translations, > in fact I did that some years ago for German as well, due to lack of > manpower in the German team. > You don't get applause for such initiative, it's an unthankful job. > > That being said, I could imagine a timeframe from ~6 months for this > to be senseful? > > On the other hand, it occurred to me, if it's possible, to only change the > filename from let's say index.wml to index.wml.old instead of removing the > file (assuming that the wml build process of the website ignores such > files; did not check that). > That would make it very easy for translators, to catch up with their work, > if they find time. > Of course you might say "Hey, the file is not lost, we have a git repo > here! No need for such trick." > That's of course correct, but translators might not be as familiar with > such advanced usage of git as DDs are. > So I think it would be worse it. I have tested this for ../german/releases/trixie/installmanual.wml, renamed that into installmanual.outdated and that works, the page gets removed from the web, and otherwise no errors on the webwml build. So, maybe that would be a possible "solution", instead of removing the translation files completely? Holger -- Holger Wansing <hwans...@mailbox.org> PGP-Fingerprint: 496A C6E8 1442 4B34 8508 3529 59F1 87CA 156E B076