Status of the Ubuntu Docs in Natty+Oneiric

[Matthew East]

Hi,

On 14 July 2011 08:38, Hannie <lafeber-dumoleyn2 at zonnet.nl> wrote:
> Resuming what you say here, I come to the following conclusion:
> 1. gnome-user-docs (natty): the finished part of our translation will be
> presented to the users of Natty/Unity when pressing F1 on the desktop; this
> will take effect as from July 21, the date of the next update.

Yes, hopefully. I added the translations to version
3.0.0+git20110406ubuntu11 of gnome-user-docs which is currently in
natty-proposed. Hopefully these translations will be picked up by the
next language packs.

> 2. In Oneiric/Unity the package "ubuntu-docs (=F1)" (previously known as
> gnome-user-docs) will contain these translated strings, together with
> additional strings specific to Oneiric. These templates will appear in
> Launchpad after the documentation string freeze.

Correct.

> 3. In Oneiric the package "gnome-user-docs" will be used for the gnome-shell
> (to be installed by users who prefer Gnome instead of Unity)

Correct.

> This would mean that the translation of the Launchpad document is only
> partly suitable for other distributions. What will happen to the strings
> specific to Ubuntu when I upload the Launchpad document to Gnome-nl? Will
> they automatically be ignored?

This depends on the type of translation mechanism that Gnome-nl uses.
In Launchpad, translation files are automatically merged when they are
uploaded, so this would be fine. But I don't know what the position is
with Gnome. The translations might have to be manually merged. I
suggest you contact Gnome-nl about this.

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Matthew East
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