<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'> Thanks David, clears up a lot of things for me. Thanks Anthony <hr>From: "David Planella" <david.planella@ubuntu.com> To: goof@coppernet.zm Cc: "Ubuntu Translators" <ubuntu-translators@lists.ubuntu.com> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 1:42:33 PM Subject: Re: Ubuntu Oneiric Open for Translation El dj 23 de 06 de 2011 a les 18:34 +0200, en/na goof@coppernet.zm va escriure: > Hi David, > > I am a little confused regarding how to use the language packs ( or > more importantly) how the language packs fit into the whole > translation realm. Hi Anthony, Language packs are the way in which we ship translations in Ubuntu. Instead of each application shipping their own translations, we put them all in a language pack that can be updated independently from the code. With this, we can have the flexibility of when we want to ship new translation updates, without having to ship new versions of applications, and this allows us as well to do regular translation updates and maintain the traslations of a release throughout its whole lifecycle (i.e. you don't have to wait until the next release to get your new translations in, you simply wait until the next language pack update). You'll find more info on: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Translations/TranslationLifecycle And some more general info on: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Translations/KnowledgeBase > Last week you did manage to add for me the Bemba language pack, I > believe. Then this email is announcing the packs for next Ubuntu > release. I have Ubuntu 11.04 installed. How do I test my translations > in Ubuntu 11.04 as regards the usage of the language packs? I think I > need a little more education on this aspect. How do I get the Language > pack that contains Bemba into my Ubuntu 11.04 installation? > For that, you'll have to wait until the next planned language pack update, in September, as we always ship language packs according to a set schedule: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Translations/NattyLanguagePackReleaseSchedule However, and this are the good news :-), you can already install a Bemba language pack and get weekly updates for it. What I've explained so far concerns the stable updates (i.e. the updates to the stable Ubuntu release that all users get). In addition to that, we've got the weekly language packs PPA, which we only recommend translators to use for testing purposes. A PPA (Personal Package Archive) is simply a means to deliver packages outside of the regular Ubuntu schedule. You simply need to subscribe to the PPA following the instructions on this page: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-langpack/+archive/ppa And then you'll receive updates for the Bemba language packs. If you've got any problems in setting up the subscription, just let us know. Cheers, David. > Thanks > > Anthony > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > From: "David Planella" <david.planella@ubuntu.com> > To: "Ubuntu Translators" <ubuntu-translators@lists.ubuntu.com> > Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 5:29:45 PM > Subject: Ubuntu Oneiric Open for Translation > > Hi translators, > > After the first language packs have now been generated, I am pleased > to > announce that our current development release, Ubuntu Oneiric, is now > open for translation at: > > https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/oneiric > > * Translation schedule. Remember that according to the release > schedule [1] translatable messages might be subject to change > until the User Interface Freeze [2] on the week of the 25th of > August. > * Language packs. During the development cycle, language packs > containing translations will be released twice per week [3] > except for the freeze periods. This will allow users and > translators to quickly see and test the results of > translations. > * Test and report bugs. If you notice any issues (e.g. > untranslated strings or applications), do check with the > translation team for your language [4] first. If you think it > is > a genuine bug, please report it [5]. > * Learn More. Learn how to start translating Ubuntu [6] and > enable > millions to use it in their language. > > Happy translating! > > Regards, > David. > > [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OneiricReleaseSchedule > [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UserInterfaceFreeze > [3] https://dev.launchpad.net/Translations/LanguagePackSchedule > [4] https://translations.launchpad.net/+groups/ubuntu-translators > [5] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-translations/+filebug > [6] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Translations/ > > -- > David Planella > Ubuntu Translations Coordinator > www.ubuntu.com / www.davidplanella.wordpress.com > www.identi.ca/dplanella / www.twitter.com/dplanella > > -- > ubuntu-translators mailing list > ubuntu-translators@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-translators > -- David Planella Ubuntu Translations Coordinator www.ubuntu.com / www.davidplanella.wordpress.com www.identi.ca/dplanella / www.twitter.com/dplanella </div></body></html>