Re: Status of manpages-de?

Peter Niederlag wrote:
> recently I had a problem with the german manpage of find.
>
> First I reported it to the findutils people:
> http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=14227

Corrected in CVS with regards to -prune.

> Then I got aware(was told) that the german manpage is not part of the
> upstream sources but rather has it's own project.
>
> Looking at the ML archive the project seems kind of not very active.
>
> I'd like to know if the project is still alive.

It is still alive. Every once in a while you'll see changes to the
CVS repository, i.e. updated or new translations. However, this
project depends on active people who are doing the translations.

> Are there any actions taken to keep manpages-de in synch with upstream
> manpages? Looking closer at the manpage of find for example it seems as
> it could get some updates applied.

That's a manpower problem.

> So how's the procedere for updates?

People usually notice mistakes and report them, preferably as a patch
(diff -u).

Regards,

        Joey

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