Hello Thanks a lot.
I'll change this on next upload. Regards, // Ola On Fri, Feb 18, 2005 at 11:53:44AM -0300, Lucas Wall wrote: > Package: ntop > Version: 2:3.0-5 > Severity: wishlist > Tags: patch l10n > > Using the "new" gettext format for debconf templates helps for templates > translations. For instance, detecting outdated or untranslated strings > becomes considerably easier. It also keeps track of who did which > translation. > > Patch description: > ------------------ > The attached patch does the required modifications: > - debian/control modification for dependencies: > build-dep: debhelper (>= 4.1.16) which depends on po-debconf > depend: debconf (>= 1.2.0) since old versions have problems with templates > specifying the encoding of their content > - Add 'debconf-updatepo' to the clean target of your debian/rules > (to make sure that the relevant files are ready for translation in the > distributed source packages, and thus help translators) > - execute "debconf-gettextize debian/*templates*". This does: > - generate po/ directory containing all the translation mecanism > - change the template file to mark some strings as translatable by putting > a _ before the field name. > - mark the right strings as translatable in the templates. This is a manual > check to make sure that fields containing stuff which cannot be > translated such as kernel module name, and the one not shown to the users > are not marked as translatable. > - removed files left by debconf-gettextize (*.templates.XX which are the > old-style translations and now live in debian/po/XX.po) > > The previously existing translation were not lost in the process, but > automatically converted to po files. You may however want to ask your > previous translator to review them and update them if needed. Also ask > them to add their name in the header of the po files, to ease future > maintainance and update of the file. > > For more details, see po-debconf documentation, especially "man 7 > po-debconf" > > > About backports: > ---------------- > Please note that the suggested modifications will make your > package a little bit harder to backport to earlier Debian releases. If > this is a concern to you, you may try to adopt the method used by the > openssh package and detailed by Colin Watson in > http://lists.debian.org/debian-i18n/2003/debian-i18n-200307/msg00026.html > > This patch does not includes this method as this would make it too > invasive, IMHO. So, preserving backportability is up to you... > > Stylistic considerations: > ------------------------- > The templates of your package may be easily improved by applying the advices > contained at the following address: > > http://people.debian.org/~bubulle/dtsg/dtsg.txt > > Don't get me wrong, I don't want to criticize, I just want the template to > reach a translatable state (ie quite stable) rather soon. > > Future: > ------- > Once the switch is achieved, and style improvements are done (if any), I > guess that you will receive translations of your templates rather soon. They > will consist in XX.po files where XX is the code of the language they > contain. Simply put them to debian/po, add a changelog entry, and your > package is ready for rebuilding and uploading after the usual checks. > > If you modify your templates in the future, no action is absolutely > mandatory from you to take care of the translations (outdated translations > will be automatically discarded). But it is nicer to your translators and > your not english speaking users to include the updated translations in the > same upload. For that, run debconf-updatepo, and mail each translator the > XX.po file they provided you. Their adress can be found in the headers of > the po file. Wait a few days so that they can do their work, and put the new > version of the po file back in position in debian/po before upload. > > > > Thanks for helping the translators, and thus your non english speaker > end-users. > > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 3.1 > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-1-k7 > Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) > > Versions of packages ntop depends on: > ii debconf 1.4.45 Debian configuration management > sy > ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries > an > ii libfreetype6 2.1.7-2.3 FreeType 2 font engine, shared > lib > ii libgd2-noxpm 2.0.33-1.1 GD Graphics Library version 2 > (wit > ii libgdbm3 1.8.3-2 GNU dbm database routines > (runtime > ii libglib1.2 1.2.10-9 The GLib library of C routines > ii libjpeg62 6b-9 The Independent JPEG Group's > JPEG > ii libpcap0.7 0.7.2-7 System interface for user-level > pa > ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-1 PNG library - runtime > ii libssl0.9.7 0.9.7e-3 SSL shared libraries > ii libxml2 2.6.16-2 GNOME XML library > ii zlib1g 1:1.2.2-4 compression library - runtime > > -- debconf information: > * ntop/interfaces: eth0 > * ntop/user: ntop > > -- > Lucas Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> .''`. > Buenos Aires, Argentina : :ø : Debian GNU/Linux > http://www.kadath.com.ar `. `' http://www.debian.org > PGP: 1024D/84FB46D6 `- > 5D25 528A 83AB 489B 356A http://people.debian.org/~lwall > 4087 BC9B 4733 84FB 46D6 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > diff -ruN orig/ntop-3.0/debian/control ntop-3.0/debian/control > --- orig/ntop-3.0/debian/control 2005-02-18 10:45:08.000000000 -0300 > +++ ntop-3.0/debian/control 2005-02-18 11:26:06.000000000 -0300 > @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ > > Package: ntop > Architecture: any > -Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, debconf (>= 0.2.26) > +Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, debconf (>= 1.2.0) > Description: display network usage in top-like format > ntop is a Network Top program. It displays a summary of network usage by > machines on your network in a format reminiscent of the unix top utility. > diff -ruN orig/ntop-3.0/debian/po/POTFILES.in ntop-3.0/debian/po/POTFILES.in > --- orig/ntop-3.0/debian/po/POTFILES.in 1969-12-31 21:00:00.000000000 > -0300 > +++ ntop-3.0/debian/po/POTFILES.in 2005-02-18 11:27:09.000000000 -0300 > @@ -0,0 +1 @@ > +[type: gettext/rfc822deb] templates > diff -ruN orig/ntop-3.0/debian/po/templates.pot > ntop-3.0/debian/po/templates.pot > --- orig/ntop-3.0/debian/po/templates.pot 1969-12-31 21:00:00.000000000 > -0300 > +++ ntop-3.0/debian/po/templates.pot 2005-02-18 11:28:24.000000000 -0300 > @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ > +# > +# Translators, if you are not familiar with the PO format, gettext > +# documentation is worth reading, especially sections dedicated to > +# this format, e.g. by running: > +# info -n '(gettext)PO Files' > +# info -n '(gettext)Header Entry' > +# > +# Some information specific to po-debconf are available at > +# /usr/share/doc/po-debconf/README-trans > +# or http://www.debian.org/intl/l10n/po-debconf/README-trans > +# > +# Developers do not need to manually edit POT or PO files. > +# > +#, fuzzy > +msgid "" > +msgstr "" > +"Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n" > +"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n" > +"POT-Creation-Date: 2005-02-18 11:28-0300\n" > +"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n" > +"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>\n" > +"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>\n" > +"MIME-Version: 1.0\n" > +"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=CHARSET\n" > +"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n" > + > +#. Type: string > +#. Description > +#: ../templates:4 > +msgid "Which is the name of the user to run the ntop daemon as ?" > +msgstr "" > + > +#. Type: string > +#. Description > +#: ../templates:4 > +msgid "" > +"The selected user will be created if not already available. Don't choose " > +"root, it is not recommended and will be discarded anyway." > +msgstr "" > + > +#. Type: string > +#. Description > +#: ../templates:4 > +msgid "" > +"If you select an empty string no user will be created on the system and you > " > +"will need to do that configuration yourself." > +msgstr "" > + > +#. Type: string > +#. Description > +#: ../templates:14 > +msgid "Which interfaces should ntop listen on?" > +msgstr "" > + > +#. Type: string > +#. Description > +#: ../templates:14 > +msgid "" > +"Please enter a comma separated list of interfaces ntop should listen on." > +msgstr "" > diff -ruN orig/ntop-3.0/debian/rules ntop-3.0/debian/rules > --- orig/ntop-3.0/debian/rules 2005-02-18 10:45:08.000000000 -0300 > +++ ntop-3.0/debian/rules 2005-02-18 11:26:56.000000000 -0300 > @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ > dh_testdir > dh_testroot > rm -f build-stamp* configure-stamp* > + debconf-updatepo > > # Add here commands to clean up after the build process. > -$(MAKE) distclean > diff -ruN orig/ntop-3.0/debian/templates ntop-3.0/debian/templates > --- orig/ntop-3.0/debian/templates 2005-02-18 10:45:08.000000000 -0300 > +++ ntop-3.0/debian/templates 2005-02-18 11:27:49.000000000 -0300 > @@ -1,15 +1,15 @@ > Template: ntop/user > Type: string > Default: ntop > -Description: Which is the name of the user to run the ntop daemon as ? > - The selected user will be created if not already available. > - Don't choose root, it is not recommended and will be discarded anyway. > +_Description: Which is the name of the user to run the ntop daemon as ? > + The selected user will be created if not already available. Don't choose > + root, it is not recommended and will be discarded anyway. > . > - If you select an empty string no user will be created on the system and you > - will need to do that configuration yourself. > + If you select an empty string no user will be created on the system and > + you will need to do that configuration yourself. > > Template: ntop/interfaces > Type: string > Default: eth0 > -Description: Which interfaces should ntop listen on? > +_Description: Which interfaces should ntop listen on? > Please enter a comma separated list of interfaces ntop should listen on. -- --------------------- Ola Lundqvist --------------------------- / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Annebergsslingan 37 \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 654 65 KARLSTAD | | +46 (0)54-10 14 30 +46 (0)70-332 1551 | | http://www.opal.dhs.org UIN/icq: 4912500 | \ gpg/f.p.: 7090 A92B 18FE 7994 0C36 4FE4 18A1 B1CF 0FE5 3DD9 / --------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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