Intent to NMU lvm2 to fix pending po-debconf l10n bugs

[Christian Perrier]

Dear Debian maintainer,

The lvm2 Debian package, which you are the maintainer of, has
longstanding bug report(s) which include translation updates or fixes
for po-debconf.  At least one of these is older than 100 days, namely
bug number 312626.

Often, but not always, this means that the package is not very actively
maintained. I'm sending you this mail in order to check the situation and
determine the next necessary steps. If there is any reason for which you
haven't fixed the bug yet, or there's anything else you might want to tell
me, I will be very happy about any feedback. If so, please accept my
apologies.

I have the intention, as part of a more general action of the Debian
i18n Task Force to build and possibly upload a non-maintainer upload
for lvm2 in order to fix this as well as all pending translations
for the debconf templates.

Such changes are always harmless, which explains why I safely consider
building NMU's for such issues even though they're obviously non critical.

However, letting l10n-related bugs sleep in the BTS is simply lowering the
chances that your package interaction with its users may be done in
something else than the English language.

The schedule for the NMU (in case it happens, that is if you agree with it
or if I don't receive any answer in 7 days) is roughly the following:

 04 oct 2006   : send this notice
 11 oct 2006   : post a NMU announcement to debian-i18n with you
                 (maintainer) CC'ed
 18 oct 2006   : deadline for receiving translation updates
 20 oct 2006   : build the package and upload it to DELAYED/2-day
                 send the NMU patch to the BTS
 22 oct 2006   : NMU uploaded to incoming
 23 oct 2006   : NMU enters unstable

The patch for the NMU will then be sent to the oldest bug report with
a pending po-debconf translation.

I will then subscribe to the Package Tracking System for lvm2 and
follow its life for 60 days after my NMU in order to fix any issue
potentially introduced by my upload.

Let me know, as soon as possible, if you have any kind of objection to this
process.

If you'd rather do the fix yourself, I will of course leave the package
alone. Same if you have reasons not to do the update now.

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