Denis Barbier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (14/11/2005):
> On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 12:42:03PM +0100, Thomas Huriaux wrote:
> > Package: po-debconf
> > Severity: wishlist
> > 
> > If a translation is newer (based on timestamps) than the templates.pot
> > file, debconf-updatepo is not launched. But this is very often the case,
> > as the translator usually translates the file after the new templates.pot
> > has been regenerated. Even if the templates.pot file has not been
> > modified during the translation, it's worth checking if the translated
> > file is ok, so I think po2debconf should always run debconf-updatepo.
> 
> In fact, debconf-updatepo needs to be run by the 'clean' target so that
> the .diff.gz file contains up-to-date strings.  Unfortunately I have no
> idea on how to enforce this.

Some disagree, arguing that the clean target should not change anything
in the source (see #336203 for example).
I know that running debconf-updatepo every time po2debconf is called is
too often, but I prefer too often than not enough.

Cheers,

-- 
Thomas Huriaux

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