summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/doc/translations.txt
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorHolger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org>2019-12-21 20:38:40 +0100
committerHolger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org>2019-12-21 20:38:40 +0100
commit6da4a0356a8eabc4f601b9378800801f1a43b93c (patch)
tree55447ce2d16b89f48c9ce0ba76fc00dc924ae3dc /doc/translations.txt
parentf9361c2d8032534eb80eb19998760e20b32d3511 (diff)
downloadinstallation-guide-6da4a0356a8eabc4f601b9378800801f1a43b93c.zip
Update docs (things have changed in the meantime)
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/translations.txt')
-rw-r--r--doc/translations.txt90
1 files changed, 48 insertions, 42 deletions
diff --git a/doc/translations.txt b/doc/translations.txt
index 4ea383b1a..39fdb92a6 100644
--- a/doc/translations.txt
+++ b/doc/translations.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ Debian Installation Guide - notes for translation
--------------------------------------------------
!!! Please note, that this file mostly documents xml-based
-!!! translations. This is, however, no longer supported.
+!!! translations. This is, however, no longer supported and therefore this
+!!! file is partly of-out-date.
!!! Thus, some of the scripts mentioned below no longer work as expected!
!!! You can now translate this manual via po files.
!!! This is documented in the file translations_po.txt in this directory.
@@ -11,19 +12,63 @@ Debian Installation Guide - notes for translation
Note: if you happen to modify this file, please don't forget to
update the trailing changelog
+
Where is the manual kept?
=========================
The manual is kept in a git repository on salsa.debian.org
-as part of the Debian Installer (d-i) project.
+as part of the Debian Installer (d-i) project (under
+https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/installation-guide).
-The manual and its translations can be found in ./installation-guide.
+The translations can be found in ./po.
Use
'git clone git@salsa.debian.org:installer-team/installation-guide.git'
to checkout the sources with git.
+How to get write access to the git repository
+=============================================
+
+ 1) Installing git
+ ------------------------
+
+ You need to install subversion on your system. Just do
+ apt install git
+
+ 2) Getting write access to the git repository
+ ----------------------------------------------------
+
+ If you are not a Debian Developer, you first need to create a guest account
+ on https://salsa.debian.org/, than ask on debian-boot@lists.debian.org
+ for somebody to add your guest account to the debian-installer project.
+
+ 3) Using git to get files
+ --------------------------------
+
+ Once your account is allowed to write to the project, you can retrieve the
+ installation-guide using this:
+ git clone git@salsa.debian.org:installer-team/installation-guide.git
+
+ 4) Commit your changed translation files to git
+ -----------------------------------------------
+
+ After you have finished editing your translation, use
+ git add path-to-file(s)
+ git commit -m "Your comment about this commit"
+ git push
+ to commit your changes to the git repository.
+
+
+How to get help
+===============
+
+If you need further assistance, feel free to ask for help on
+debian-boot (for debian-installer related stuff) or debian-i18n (for
+l10n related questions) Debian mailing lists.
+
+
+
How to join the translation effort for an existing translation
==============================================================
@@ -224,45 +269,6 @@ You can also try to build the manual (create HTML pages) for a specific
architecture for your language.
See ./build/README for more information on building the manual.
-How to get write access to the git repository
-=============================================
-
- 1) Installing git
- ------------------------
-
- You need to install subversion on your system. Just do
- apt install git
-
- 2) Getting write access to the git repository
- ----------------------------------------------------
-
- If you are not a Debian Developer, you first need to create a guest account
- on https://salsa.debian.org/, than ask on debian-boot@lists.debian.org
- for somebody to add your guest account to the debian-installer project.
-
- 3) Using git to get files
- --------------------------------
-
- Once your account is allowed to write to the project, you can retrieve the
- installation-guide using this:
- git clone git@salsa.debian.org:installer-team/installation-guide.git
-
- 4) Commit your changed translation files to git
- -----------------------------------------------
-
- After you have finished editing your translation, use
- git add path-to-file(s)
- git commit -m "Your comment about this commit"
- git push
- to commit your changes to the git repository.
-
-
-How to get help
-===============
-
-If you need further assistance, feel free to ask for help on
-debian-boot (for debian-installer related stuff) or debian-i18n (for
-l10n related questions) Debian mailing lists.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------