Update po files

[David Planella]

Al 05/02/12 18:16, En/na Matthew East ha escrit:
> Hi,
>
> On 19 December 2011 10:11, Hannie Dumoleyn<lafeber-dumoleyn2 at zonnet.nl>  wrote:
>> Although I am aware of the fact that there is not yet a string freeze for
>> ubuntu-docs (Precise), would it be possible to update the .po files in LP on
>> a regular basis? This would make our translation work more effective. To
>> push changed files to lp:ubuntu-docs only takes a few minutes, but perhaps
>> updating the po files on LP is another story.
>
> We will try to update the pot file more regularly in future. But see below.
>
>> When we translate strings here:
>> https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise/+source/ubuntu-docs/+pots/ubuntu-help/nl/,
>> the translations will be lost as soon as the English string changes. And
>> since I came upon quite a few typos so far (which appear to have been
>> corrected now), many translations will be lost.
>> The reason why we start translating Precise now, instead of waiting for the
>> string freeze, is that it is a very large document. The earlier we can
>> start, the better. We stopped translating the oneiric version because, by
>> the time it is finished, Precise will be on its way.
>
> You have chosen to translate on the Ubuntu package, rather than on the
> ubuntu-docs project, which is where translations should really take
> place. That means that the pot template may not be as up to date as on
> the ubuntu-docs project. We can update the ubuntu-docs project simply
> by updating the pot file in our bzr branch, whereas the Ubuntu package
> is more difficult to update, as it requires an upload of the package.
>

Just a quick note that updating the POT file in the Ubuntu package does 
not need an upload of the package.

It can simply be uploaded manually in Launchpad by the project owner(s). 
Or with a script in the ubuntu-l10n-tools PPA (*)

Regards,
David.

(*) Although it's not been widely tested, so I'd suggest manual uploads 
for now.

-- 
David Planella
Ubuntu Translations Coordinator
www.ubuntu.com / www.davidplanella.wordpress.com
www.identi.ca/dplanella / www.twitter.com/dplanella