String Freeze

[Matthew East]

On Thu, March 8, 2007 2:53 pm, Luzius Thoeny wrote:
> Matthew East wrote:
>> Ubuntu is now in string freeze.
>>
>> That means that no new commits should be made with new words or phrases.
>>
>> In particular, note:
>>
>> Exceptions may be made before release, on the following grounds:
>>
>>       * Major glaring typos
>>
>>       * Exceptional circumstances
>>
>> A string change must be discussed (and approved) on the mailing list. If
>> a string is changed after the freeze, it must be communicated to the
>> translators (by writing to the ubuntu-translators mailing list) with
>> enough time to update the translations before the translation freeze.
>>
>> I would suggest that for the first couple of weeks, we can be fairly
>> liberal with this approach, especially since translation hasn't opened
>> properly yet. After that, we should crack down.
>>
>> Matt
>>
>
>
>
> I would like to get Xubuntu docs translated, too. however, i'm not sure
> what needs to be done.
>
> i already figured out how to create a POT file, thanks to this page:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam/Translation
>
> Question: do you upload the POT files manually to rosetta or do you
> import it with the source package? if the latter is the case, then i
> should get one of the xubuntu devs to upload the source package
> (including the POT file) for xubuntu-docs. right?

You can do either of these.

At the moment Rosetta is not quite ready, but when it is, I will help out
to get the pot templates sorted for xubuntu too.

Matt
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