<div dir="ltr">Wouldnt this basically mean increasing the number of translation updates?<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 1:34 PM, éÇÏÒØ úÕÂÁÒÅ× <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:igor.zubarev@gmail.com" target="_blank">igor.zubarev@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">2013/3/16 Redmar <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:redmar@ubuntu.com" target="_blank">redmar@ubuntu.com</a>></span><br>
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Hello Translators,<br>
<br>
As some of you may be aware, there has been some talk in the community<br>
about changing ubuntu's well known six month release schedule, and<br>
switching to a rolling release model. This would mean that new versions<br>
of programs will arrive in ubuntu when they are deemed ready, rather<br>
than on a six month cycle. The LTS (Long Term Support) releases would<br>
continue to exist in their current form. You can read more about the<br>
proposal here [1].<br>
<br>
Since switching to a rolling release will clearly have an impact on our<br>
work, so I was wondering how other translators feel about this proposed<br>
change. After we have discussed this, I will create summary of the<br>
points raised here, so that our position on this proposal is clear for<br>
the wider community.<br>
<br>
On the positive side, translation effort does not have to be condensed<br>
into a short window between UI Freeze an the TranslationsDeadline, which<br>
should give us all more time to complete translations. Also, if programs<br>
are updated more frequently, the amount of new strings in each release<br>
will also be smaller, which again makes translating easier.<br>
<br>
If updates are more frequent, this could also remove the need for<br>
langpack updates, which have been lacking of late anyway.<br>
<br>
The main negative side is the risk of regressions in translation of<br>
programs. If the new version of a program is released before translators<br>
have had time to update all translations, users will be faced with a<br>
program that is suddenly only partly translated. This is a serious<br>
usability problem with the Dash and HUD, since these are text-based<br>
tools. For example, I'm currently running the Dutch beta of 13.04, and<br>
many of the search terms I use to start programs (Dash) or interact with<br>
program menus (HUD) do not work, since the translations are not<br>
completed yet. If we switch to a rolling release, each new version of a<br>
program has a chance of breaking the users workflow by removing<br>
localised terms the user relied on for the Dash or HUD. Clearly, this<br>
would not be acceptable.<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div></div></div><div>I see the same thing. Many strings in Dash already translated in Launchpad but we have no langpacks.</div><div>So UI is not completely translated and we can't check the correctnes.</div>
<div>Maybe this is a bug?</div><div><br></div><div>š</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">
Tools needed: There would have to be some way that translators get<br>
notified when the new version of a program is about to land. I'm<br>
guessing this is not a difficult thing to accomplish, and could be as<br>
simple as sending an automatic message to the ubuntu-translators list<br>
when a new version of a program enters the 'proposed' repository.<br>
<br>
Those are my thoughts on the subject, what do you think?<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Redmar<br>
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[1]<br>
<a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2013-February/036537.html" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2013-February/036537.html</a><br>
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