On Feb 28, 2013, at 6:52 PM, Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org> wrote:
> On 28/02/2013 Oliver-Rainer Wittmann wrote: >> I had a look and an additional text is possible - see attached screenshot. >> The additional text should be translated into the corresponding language. > > This could be a good idea. We surely don't want to notify users that an > update is available if it isn't (in their language). > I think it is still worth a notification, especially in bilingual areas. A user might prefer to have a more recent release in a 2nd language than an old release in a 1st language. It is a reasonable choice either way. > But if we manage to properly communicate in the dialog box that this is > actually a call for volunteers (and write it in the corresponding language so > that it cannot be misinterpreted) this could be a nice way to involve new > people. > > Based on the experience we had so far with teams, I would honestly wait that > Pootle is available for all interested languages before we do this. Or at > least we should see if we have a timeframe for a new Pootle setup that will > maximize the likelihood to actually recruit new volunteers. Ideally, we > should also have (unannounced) development builds available in the target > languages to be able to point volunteers to them when they write. > Are we expecting any change to Pootle in the near term? If so, what and when? I would not recommend waiting too long. We've shown that offline translation is quite reasonable.. Most of the 3.4.1 languages were done that way. -Rob > Regards, > Andrea.
