Release of translations

[Yuri Chornoivan]

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:24:32 +0300 було написано Michael Bauer  
<fios at akerbeltz.org>:

> Hi Yuri,
>
> LOL have you ever thought of shifting the Ubuntu localization away from
> LP and onto your own Pootle server or something? I'm sure there's very
> good reasons for why it's where it is right now but having patiently
> answered my many questions, I get the impression it's currently one
> unholy mess!

No. To be honest, I'm not an Ubuntu user. Just test it sometimes. Please  
take this into account. I was just looking Ubuntu for last 5 years, not  
buying. ;)

The reason for Ubuntu to use launchpad is that it is their own solution  
and it is integrated with other units: bug tracker, build system, etc. Now  
it has no other advantages, only shortcomings.

>
> Did you mean the maintainer of l10n at Ubuntu or the maintainer of the
> l10n teams themselves?

I mean that making and testing langpacks seems to be not very easy task  
(it takes several hours just to build them without any testing). So nobody  
cares about this last year. Earlier there were Canonical employees and  
enthusiasts to push onto developers (David, Andrej, Kennet) but now nobody  
cares.

> October... well that's good and bad news, good in the sense it gives me
> time but bad since annual updates to translations... well... not so
> great. On the other hand it also puts pressure on me to resolve the
> issue of our well-meaning and enthusiastic but ultimately not-so-fluent
> team member.

It may or may not happen that Pierre can change something for the next  
release. But the reality shows that Canonical does not have any strategy  
in localization and prefer to leave it as is (updates released only when  
anyone finds someone who can do it, without any schedule).

Best regards,
Yuri

> Thanks - I think :/
>
> Michael
>
> 14/05/2013 13:14, sgrìobh Yuri Chornoivan:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Below is the impression of how it is now and not how it is to be or
>> was planned.
>>
>> Language pack updates are irregular and unmaintained. Updates to the
>> packages beyond langpacks may or may not include updated translations
>> from Launchpad (depends on the maintainer).
>>
>> The only reliable way for updates is a new release (13.10 now).
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Yuri