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+Translators, when adding/updating your translation files, please follow
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+the following guidelines:
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+* Update po/ChangeLog and debian/changelog:
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+ * beware the you should NOT update the main ChangeLog file
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+ for translation updates. Use po/ChangeLog instead
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+
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+ * The format of entries in po/ChangeLog is strict:
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+==========================================================
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+2006-02-11 Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org>
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+ * fr.po: Updated to 1011t.
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+==========================================================
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+
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+Note the date format AND the DOUBLE SPACE between the date end the translator's
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+email address
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+Note also the TAB character before the entry. NOT multiple spaces
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+Also note that the update should mention the file statistics as
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+XXXtYYYfZZZu
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+
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+ - "XXXt" means "XXX translated strings"
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+ - "YYYf" means "YYY fuzzy strings strings"
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+ - "ZZZt" means "ZZZ translated strings"
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+YYY or ZZZ may be omitted if they are null
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+This file contents MUST be encoded in UTF-8
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+
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+ * Format of entries in debian/changelog:
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+Translation updates should go in a dedicated "[Updated translations]"
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+section:
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+dpkg (1.13.15) unstable; urgency=low
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+ .../...
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+ [ Updated Translations ]
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+ * Catalan (Jordi Mallach).
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+ * Portuguese (Miguel Figueiredo).
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+ * Swedish (Daniel Nylander).
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+New translations should go in a dedicated section named "[New translations]":
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+dpkg (1.13.15) unstable; urgency=low
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+ .../...
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+ [ New Translations ]
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+ * Vogon (Douglas Adams).
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+This file contents MUST be encoded in UTF-8
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+
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+* use of po/LINGUAS:
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+When ADDING a new translation, don't forget adding the language to po/LINGUAS, otherwise it will not be used.
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+
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+
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+* always CHECK your translations
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+You MUST check your PO files for validity.
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+The correct syntax for doing so is:
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+msgmerge -U <file> dpkg.pot
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+msgfmt -c -o /dev/null --statistics <file>
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+msgcat <file> >/dev/null
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+
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+-msgmerge updates your file with the current POT file
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+-msgfmt checks it for validity
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+-msgcat may detect encoding problems
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+
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Christian Perrier