[Bug 1314402] Re: Please upload skype-translation to the archive

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson]

I got some feedback on IRC. One thing pointed out was that the skype
dependencies are not appropriate, since skype is not available in the
ordinary archive. So I made a couple of adjustments:

* Translation files now installed in /usr/share/skype/lang/transifex
* skype dependencies dropped

It was also suggested that the whole symlink idea is hackish. Well,
basically I agree. The reason why I still propose this solution is that
we don't have access to debian/control in the Skype package which is
made available on the Skype web site, so the better way - conflicts
fields in debian/control - is closed.

We hope of course that more translations will be bundled with the Skype
client in future versions. The purpose of this package is to make it
easy for Ubuntu users to use existing non-official Skype translations in
the meantime. Personally I believe that the current proposal serves that
purpose in a reasonable way.

Updated the utopic package at
https://launchpad.net/~gunnarhj/+archive/skype-translation

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Title:
  Please upload skype-translation to the archive

Status in Ubuntu:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  The Skype client for Linux comes bundled with translations into a few
  languages, but most languages are missing. The skype-translation
  package makes the most complete translations at

  https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/skype-translation-
  project/resource/skype-linux/

  easily available to Ubuntu users.

  The proposed debian/copyright file is in a preliminary state at the
  moment; the wording I use claims that the translations are in public
  domain, since the site, where the translations have been uploaded,
  does not refer to a license. The only wording I have found that gives
  some kind of indication on the matter is at

  http://sourceforge.net/projects/skypeinyourlang/

  "This is a free repository for files that have been translated by
  volunteers so users can download and install them."

  I have talked with the project administrator Michael Bauer, and he has
  announced that they may state a free license on the site very soon. If
  that happens, debian/copyright should reasonably be changed
  accordningly.

  The package I request a review of is the utopic package at
  https://launchpad.net/~gunnarhj/+archive/skype-translation

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