Re: Launchpad: Squid translation uploads

On Tue, 2009-06-23 at 19:13 +0700, Jeroen Vermeulen wrote:
> Hi Robert,
>
> I'm reviewing the translation template "errors/errpages.pot" you
> uploaded to Squid.

Actually, *I* didn't upload it. I've cc'd the squid developers list, I'm
sure one of the other developers, probably Amos, did. I filed a bug a
couple of weeks back about launchpad being confused as to who did the
upload.

> There is already a template "errors/dictionary.pot" in that directory.
> At first glance I'd say your upload is probably meant to be an update of
> that template, but of course Launchpad doesn't want to make that leap
> and potentially wreak havoc.
>
> We heartily recommend not having more than one template in a directory.
> All in all my best guess is that this is an update for
> errors/dictionary.pot. To get the uploads approved automatically you'd
> need to use exactly the same filename. Assuming that this is indeed an
> update, would you like me to rename the "dictionary" template, so that
> future uploads of errors/errpages.pot will go in automatically (but
> uploads of errors/dictionary.pot won't)?
>
> BTW auto-approval is a lot more aggressive for imports from bzr
> branches. So you may be interested in setting up direct import from the
> source tree. There may be some initial confusion if paths differ, but
> after that it'll go more smoothly.

I think thats a good idea, so we'll probably do that.

-Rob