Working of the import queue

[Jordi Mallach]

On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 07:45:19PM +0200, Milo Casagrande wrote:
> I would like to know how Rosetta import queue works. I've uploaded a
> couple of po files (from upstream gnome) and it's very difficult to
> track them... there are lot of packages to look at!
> Just some questions that came up in my mind:
> - when I import a po, does it falls under "Needs Review" before becoming
> available?

Not always. If the upload comes with a reasonable name (fr.po, for
example), Rosetta should be able to accept it on the fly. If you upload
your French translation using "messages.po", well, Rosetta has a harder
time making safe guesses.

If the file has a reasonable name but is a locale Rosetta blocks by
default or doesn't know about, it will get stuck as well.

> - how long does it take to complete the import?

It depends on how busy the queue is. If the files is accepted
automatically and there's no queue, it will go in after a few minutes.
We plan to make files uploaded by humans a priority, so they can bypass
the very resource intensive GNOME or OpenOffice.org updates that hit the
queue every now and then, and go in first.

If the import gets stuck, it'll have to wait until an admin checks it
manually.

Also, we want to add a new filter option so you can weed out files
uploaded by Ubuntu uploads so you can find your stuff in the queue more
easily.

> - does the SWAT team alert you even if the import fails?

It should, yes.

> - is there a (planned) feature for sorting language related imports?

Hm, there wasn't, but that's a reasonable new filtering rule that could
be considered for addition.

> PS: by the way... what's the meaning of SWAT? :)

Now there's a good question. I have no idea. :P

Jordi
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