Index: /applications/editors/josm/i18n/launchpad.pl
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--- /applications/editors/josm/i18n/launchpad.pl	(revision 27210)
+++ /applications/editors/josm/i18n/launchpad.pl	(revision 27211)
@@ -229,6 +229,6 @@
 sub doget
 {
-  my ($mech, $page) = @_;
-  for(my $i = 1; $i <= 50; $i++)
+  my ($mech, $page, $arg) = @_;
+  for(my $i = 1; $i <= 5; $i++)
   {
     $mech->timeout(30);
@@ -241,4 +241,5 @@
     return $mech if !$@;
     sleep(30+5*$i);
+    last if $arg && $arg eq "no503" and $code == 503;
     $mech = WWW::Mechanize->new("agent" => $agent);
   }
@@ -281,7 +282,8 @@
       }
       my $urlcode = URI::Escape::uri_escape($code);
-      $mech = doget($mech, "https://translations.launchpad.net/josm/trunk/+pots/josm/$lang/+filter?person=$urlcode");
+      $mech = doget($mech, "https://translations.launchpad.net/josm/trunk/+pots/josm/$lang/+filter?person=$urlcode", "no503");
       sleep(1);
-      my ($count) = $mech->content() =~ /of[\r\n\t ]+?(\d+)[\r\n\t ]+?result/;
+      my $cont = $mech->content() || "";
+      my ($count) = $cont =~ /of[\r\n\t ]+?(\d+)[\r\n\t ]+?result/;
       if($count && $mech->status == 200)
       {