Release of translations

[Pierre Slamich]

Hi,
There is a session proposed for UDS (not yet accepted)
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/foundations-1305-languagepack-automotion

Pierre Slamich
pierre.slamich at gmail.com



2013/5/14 Yuri Chornoivan <yurchor at ukr.net>

> 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
>>>
>>
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