Hello,

there is a German package description https://packages.debian.org/de/bookworm/backintime-common

this is also available in English https://packages.debian.org/en/bookworm/backintime-common

It seems to me that the English version is extracted from the control
file
https://salsa.debian.org/jmw/pkg-backintime/-/blob/debian/debian/control

But I'm not able to find the German (or any other translated) version in
the source repo.

Is this done on the fly in the back somehow?

btw: I'm upstream maintainer of that package.

Kind
Christian Buhtz

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Hi Christian,

See https://ddtp.debian.org/ and https://wiki.debian.org/DDTP for information on the translation infrastructure for package descriptions.

Bye,

Joost

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Dear Joost,

thanks for the reply.

I understand there is a project doing this manually.

Am 20.02.2023 15:07 schrieb Joost van Baal-Ilić:

See https://ddtp.debian.org/ and https://wiki.debian.org/DDTP for information
on the translation infrastructure for package descriptions.

Puh... How do I say that? It is far away from being a documentation understandable by extern persons. I just want to understand how the translations are integrated in the packaging process.

I assume from the side of upstream maintainers and debian maintainers no actions required. Correct?

I also assume there is an automatic mechanism that the translations are
marked as outdated when the original source (e.g. the control file on
salsa) is modified. Correct?

Kind
Christian Buhtz

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Am 20.02.2023 15:07 schrieb Joost van Baal-Ilić:

See https://ddtp.debian.org/ and https://wiki.debian.org/DDTP

This feels much better then the wiki https://www.debian.org/international/l10n/ddtp.en.html

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Hi Christian,

Op Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 02:49:13PM +0000 schreef Christian Buhtz c.buhtz@posteo.jp:

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I understand there is a project doing this manually.

Am 20.02.2023 15:07 schrieb Joost van Baal-Ilić:

See https://ddtp.debian.org/ and https://wiki.debian.org/DDTP for information
on the translation infrastructure for package descriptions.

Puh... How do I say that? It is far away from being a documentation understandable by extern persons. I just want to understand how the translations are integrated in the packaging process.

I assume from the side of upstream maintainers and debian maintainers no actions required. Correct?

I would guess so, indeed.

I also assume there is an automatic mechanism that the translations are marked as outdated when the original source (e.g. the control file on salsa) is modified. Correct?

I would guess so, indeed.

(I am not involved in the project btw.)

Bye,

Joost

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