Dear Debian maintainer, The gclcvs Debian package, which you are the maintainer of, has pending bug report(s) which include translation updates or fixes for po-debconf, namely bug number 492177 (and maybe other similar bugs). We're now getting very close to the release and fixing l10n bugs should be done now. Letting such bugs sleep in the BTS is simply lowering the chances that your package interaction with its users may be done in something else than the English language. It is also not encouraging for translators. I have the intention, as part of a more general action of the Debian i18n Task Force to build and possibly upload a non-maintainer upload for gclcvs in order to fix this as well as all pending translations for the debconf templates. Of course, an upload made by you would even be better...:-) Such changes are always harmless, which explains why I safely consider building NMU's for such issues even though they're obviously non critical. The schedule for the NMU (in case it happens, that is if you agree with it or if I don't receive any answer in 10 days) is roughly the following: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 : send this notice Saturday, October 25, 2008 : post a NMU announcement to debian-i18n with you (maintainer) CC'ed this can happen earlier if the maintainer agrees In such case, the deadlines below will also happen earlier Friday, October 31, 2008 : (midnight) deadline for receiving translation updates Saturday, November 01, 2008 : build the package and upload it to DELAYED/2-day send the NMU patch to the BTS Monday, November 03, 2008 : NMU reaches incoming If you intent to upload yourself, please notify me so that I interrupt the process on my side. Please also don't upload without a discussion with me. Some translators might send a few new translations and I can handle a round of translation updates for you. Really, don't upload silently...:-) In case I upload an NMU, I will subscribe to the Package Tracking System for gclcvs and follow its life for 60 days after my NMU in order to fix any issue potentially introduced by my upload. Let me know, as soon as possible, if you have any kind of objection to this process. If you'd rather do the fix yourself, I will of course leave the package alone. Same if you have reasons not to do the update now. --