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[Yuri Chornoivan]

написане Sat, 25 May 2013 14:22:52 +0300, Michael Bauer  
<fios at akerbeltz.org>:

> Oh bleeding heck, I've been proofreading the wrong version all this  
> time? Can I at this point say that LP is *really* useless for  
> translators who are not plugged into some kind of Matrix-esque newslink.  
> How many of these non-active version are there? How many people are  
> still working on them because that's the page they bookmarked when they  
> started?
>
> Has anyone ever thought of sticking an automatic note on them saying  
> "This is not the latest version, you should focus on [link]"???  
> Seriously... I'm half minded to just chuck it all in and tell people to  
> use Windows. Just because translators on open source projects are as a  
> rule not paid does not mean their time is not worth anything.
>
> Yes, I'm bitching but think about it. I've stuck weeks of proofreading  
> into some outdated version due to a lack of *obvious* information and a  
> naming convention which means something to non-developers (raring,  
> oneiric... yeah, I'm sure they sound cool - how about something that  
> tells me something useful like 13.10 or 12.06=)...
>
> Michael

The new translations should be propagated to all releases, so there are  
not much things wasted (if at all). This is called translation  
synchronization. The synchronization works slowly and is not instantly  
visible.

Canonical releases new versions in April (.04) and October (.10). Years  
with even numbers are for April LTS (12.04, 14.04). LTS can have regular  
(or irregular) add-on releases (12.04.1, 12.04.2) with langpacks updates.  
Each major release has its own name (I constantly forget which name is it  
so I prefer numbers).

Best regards,
Yuri


> 25/05/2013 12:02, sgrìobh Yuri Chornoivan:
>> https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/raring/+lang/gd
>>
>> But please switch to saucy (13.10) when it will be opened as raring  
>> (13.04) langpacks will not be updated (just synced with other releases)  
>> so you can lose your work.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Yuri
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