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| author | Nicolas Vigier <boklm@mageia.org> | 2013-04-14 13:46:12 +0000 |
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diff --git a/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2011-December/010329.html b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2011-December/010329.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..4284ad79b --- /dev/null +++ b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2011-December/010329.html @@ -0,0 +1,183 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> +<HTML> + <HEAD> + <TITLE> [Mageia-dev] Need for a clear policy on translated man pages + </TITLE> + <LINK REL="Index" HREF="index.html" > + <LINK REL="made" HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20Need%20for%20a%20clear%20policy%20on%20translated%20man%20pages&In-Reply-To=%3C4EE38534.7010508%40gmx.com%3E"> + <META NAME="robots" CONTENT="index,nofollow"> + <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> + <LINK REL="Previous" HREF="010327.html"> + <LINK REL="Next" HREF="010330.html"> + </HEAD> + <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> + <H1>[Mageia-dev] Need for a clear policy on translated man pages</H1> + <B>Kamil Rytarowski</B> + <A HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20Need%20for%20a%20clear%20policy%20on%20translated%20man%20pages&In-Reply-To=%3C4EE38534.7010508%40gmx.com%3E" + TITLE="[Mageia-dev] Need for a clear policy on translated man pages">n54 at gmx.com + </A><BR> + <I>Sat Dec 10 17:13:40 CET 2011</I> + <P><UL> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="010327.html">[Mageia-dev] Where to report mageia 2 alpha 1 problems? +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="010330.html">[Mageia-dev] Need for a clear policy on translated man pages +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#10329">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#10329">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#10329">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#10329">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>Hello! + +Please make it clear, at least for newcomers, how to package translated +man pages in Mageia. Our policies and guidelines aren't clear. + +<A HREF="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packaging_guidelines#Handling_Locale_Files">https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packaging_guidelines#Handling_Locale_Files</A> +suggested, before the latest changes, with "If the package includes +translations, add BuildRequires: gettext If you don't, your package +could fail to generate translation files in the buildroot." that this +section is also about man pages. Translated man pages are +_translations_, aren't they? + +In the "Packaging localisation policy" it's more clear. But still +expressions like "some cases" aren't clear. I wouldn't say that *all* +man pages are counted as "some [special] case". Aren't I right? + +Is it possible to handle multiple man pages in different languages with +some macro? At times it's bit complicated, for example for amule it's +done like this: + +%lang(de) %{_mandir}/de/man1/alc.1* +%lang(es) %{_mandir}/es/man1/alc.1* +%lang(hu) %{_mandir}/hu/man1/alc.1* +%lang(de) %{_mandir}/de/man1/amule.1* +%lang(it) %{_mandir}/it/man1/amule.1* +%lang(de) %{_mandir}/de/man1/amulegui.1* +%lang(it) %{_mandir}/it/man1/amulegui.1* +%lang(de) %{_mandir}/de/man1/cas.1* +%lang(de) %{_mandir}/de/man1/ed2k.1* +%lang(de) %{_mandir}/de/man1/wxcas.1* +%lang(de) %{_mandir}/de/man1/xas.1* +%lang(es) %{_mandir}/es/man1/amule.1* +%lang(es) %{_mandir}/es/man1/amulegui.1* +%lang(es) %{_mandir}/es/man1/cas.1* +%lang(es) %{_mandir}/es/man1/ed2k.1* +%lang(es) %{_mandir}/es/man1/wxcas.1* +%lang(es) %{_mandir}/es/man1/xas.1* +%lang(fr) %{_mandir}/fr/man1/alc.1* +%lang(fr) %{_mandir}/fr/man1/amule.1* +%lang(fr) %{_mandir}/fr/man1/ed2k.1* +%lang(fr) %{_mandir}/fr/man1/cas.1* +%lang(fr) %{_mandir}/fr/man1/xas.1* +%lang(fr) %{_mandir}/fr/man1/amulegui.1* +%lang(fr) %{_mandir}/fr/man1/wxcas.1* +%lang(hu) %{_mandir}/hu/man1/amule.1* +%lang(hu) %{_mandir}/hu/man1/cas.1* +%lang(hu) %{_mandir}/hu/man1/ed2k.1* +%lang(it) %{_mandir}/it/man1/ed2k.1* +%lang(it) %{_mandir}/it/man1/alc.1* +%lang(it) %{_mandir}/it/man1/cas.1* +%lang(it) %{_mandir}/it/man1/wxcas.1* +%lang(it) %{_mandir}/it/man1/xas.1* +%lang(hu) %{_mandir}/hu/man1/amulegui.1* +%lang(hu) %{_mandir}/hu/man1/wxcas.1* +%lang(hu) %{_mandir}/hu/man1/xas.1* +%lang(ru) %{_mandir}/ru/man1/alc.1* +%lang(ru) %{_mandir}/ru/man1/amule.1* +%lang(ru) %{_mandir}/ru/man1/amulegui.1* +%lang(ru) %{_mandir}/ru/man1/cas.1* +%lang(ru) %{_mandir}/ru/man1/ed2k.1* +%lang(ru) %{_mandir}/ru/man1/wxcas.1* +%lang(ru) %{_mandir}/ru/man1/xas.1* +%lang(de) %{_mandir}/de/man1/alcc.1* +%lang(es) %{_mandir}/es/man1/alcc.1* +%lang(fr) %{_mandir}/fr/man1/alcc.1* +%lang(it) %{_mandir}/it/man1/alcc.1* +%lang(ru) %{_mandir}/ru/man1/alcc.1* +%lang(hu) %{_mandir}/hu/man1/alcc.1* +%lang(de) %{_mandir}/de/man1/amulecmd.1* +%lang(es) %{_mandir}/es/man1/amulecmd.1* +%lang(fr) %{_mandir}/fr/man1/amulecmd.1* +%lang(hu) %{_mandir}/hu/man1/amulecmd.1* +%lang(it) %{_mandir}/it/man1/amulecmd.1* +%lang(ru) %{_mandir}/ru/man1/amulecmd.1* +%lang(de) %{_mandir}/de/man1/amuled.1* +%lang(es) %{_mandir}/es/man1/amuled.1* +%lang(fr) %{_mandir}/fr/man1/amuled.1* +%lang(hu) %{_mandir}/hu/man1/amuled.1* +%lang(it) %{_mandir}/it/man1/amuled.1* +%lang(ru) %{_mandir}/ru/man1/amuled.1* +%lang(de) %{_mandir}/de/man1/amuleweb.1* +%lang(es) %{_mandir}/es/man1/amuleweb.1* +%lang(fr) %{_mandir}/fr/man1/amuleweb.1* +%lang(hu) %{_mandir}/hu/man1/amuleweb.1* +%lang(it) %{_mandir}/it/man1/amuleweb.1* +%lang(ru) %{_mandir}/ru/man1/amuleweb.1* + +PS. The policy suggest to follow numlock.spec and in the file we read in +the 1st like as follows "# !!!!!!!! WARNING THIS HAS TO BE EDITED IN THE +SVN !!!!!!!!!!!" - is this a provocation? The file was untouched for 10 +months :) + +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="010327.html">[Mageia-dev] Where to report mageia 2 alpha 1 problems? +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="010330.html">[Mageia-dev] Need for a clear policy on translated man pages +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#10329">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#10329">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#10329">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#10329">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |