[Mailman-i18n] Supported languages in Debian pkg?

[Clytie Siddall]

Hi everyone :)

I've received the debconf update mail [1] for the file "mailman  
1:2.1.8-3".

Although my language is now supported in both stable [2] and trunk  
[3] Mailman, this template does not list my language in the fairly  
long list of supported languages.

Does this mean that the Debian package is lagging behind current  
versions?

I'm a bit disappointed, because I've looked forward to my community  
being able to use Mailman.

from Clytie (vi-VN, Vietnamese free-software translation team / nhóm  
Việt hóa phần mềm tự do)
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/vi-VN

These notes are for translators who may not be used to the jargon:

[1]

(a) debconf - a configuration program for the Debian free-software  
operating system: its files are called "debconf templates". If you  
package software for Debian, you also create a debconf template to  
configure that software for that user's Debian system.

(b) update mail - there are around 700 debconf templates, so  
monitoring a list of them, especially in a distributed system like  
Debian, is inefficient. Developers can register for these update  
mails, which notify the last translator when the file is updated, and  
send it to him/her for update. You send the updated file by reply.

[2] stable - the newest released version of Mailman for general use

[3] trunk - the newest developed version of Mailman, for testing use