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+Translators, when adding/updating your translation files, please follow
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+the following rules:
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+
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+* Update debian/changelog and one of po/ChangeLog, dselect/po/ChangeLog or
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+ man/ChangeLog:
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+
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+ - Beware the you should NOT update the main ChangeLog file
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+ for translation updates. Use the ChangeLog in the relevant
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+ subdirectory instead.
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+
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+ - The format of entries in the subdirectories' ChangeLog is strict:
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+
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+==========================================================
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+2006-02-11 Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org>
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+
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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
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+ translator's email address.
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+
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+ Note also the TAB character before the entry. NOT multiple spaces.
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+
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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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+
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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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+
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+ Translation updates should go in a dedicated "[ Updated Translations ]"
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+ section:
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+
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+==========================================================
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+dpkg (1.13.15) unstable; urgency=low
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+
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+ .../...
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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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+==========================================================
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+
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+ New translations should go in a dedicated section named
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+ "[ New Translations ]":
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+
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+==========================================================
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+dpkg (1.13.15) unstable; urgency=low
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+
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+ .../...
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+
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+ [ New Translations ]
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+ * Vogon (Douglas Adams).
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+==========================================================
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+
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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 or dselect/po/LINGUAS:
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+
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+ When ADDING a new translation, don't forget adding the language to
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+ the LINGUAS file, otherwise it will not be used.
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+
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+* Always CHECK your translations:
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+
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+ You MUST check your PO files for validity.
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+
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+ The correct syntax for doing so is:
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+
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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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Guillem Jover