The debconf Debian package is the program which handles all configuration steps of other packages when these packages need some user interaction while they are configured.

This package is installed on all Debian systems. Its installation process usually inputs the user about the default priority of questions. However, when installed in a normal Debian Installer installation process, these answers are pre-filled with the priority settings of the installation process. As a consequence, the questions are usually hidden from users.

However, as the package is a “key” Debian package, its translation is important for a properly localized system.

The package uses a SVN repository. Commit access may be requested to the Debian Installer i18n coordinators. However, as the translatable parts do not change very often, getting commit access is not highly useful.

Translations should be reported as bugs against the debconf package.

The translations are very similar to the questions asked by the cdebconf package, which is part of the level1 of Debian Installer translations.

Translators should then be careful about using the same terminology in both packages, especially for questions priorities. This can be done by merging the translations from Debian Installer level1 into debconf translations.

The newt package is a library (whiptail) which includes widgets used by the most popular interface to the debconf software, the software involved in packages configuration steps. These widgets include the Yes or No widgets used by boolean templates, as well as the OK or Abort buttons text.

No public revision control repository is available for this package so access through the translation statistics pages is the only way to get translation material for it:

Translations should be reported as bugs against the newt package.

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The win32-loader package, is a utility that can be run from the Windows environment and which, with a few questions, prepares a system for booting a Debian Installer installation process. This utility is included on Debian installation media to allow an easier startup of a Debian installation.

This package is, technically speaking, a “regular” Debian package. However, the package maintainer is the Debian Installer team and the package is managed and developed the same way core Debian Installer packages are managed. The package is part of the core Debian Installer development repository in the packages/arch/i386/win32-loader.

Using SVN is strongly encouraged as this is the only way for them to commit the translations.

This package's l10n material is included in one PO file:

Access to these files:

Translators should copy the messages.pot file in l10n/po as <language>.po and work on this file, then add it to the repository and later commit the needed updates.

In case SVN commits are absolutely impossible, these updates can be sent as bug reports against the win32-loader package (see Appendix E, Reporting bugs against Debian packages for details).

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