On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 3:00 PM, Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org> wrote: > Rob Weir wrote: >> >> Are we expecting any change to Pootle in the near term? If so, what and >> when? > > > The changes look trivial but are not so trivial since Pootle accounts are > now linked to committer accounts. Currently anonymous users can suggest > translations, and users cannot register (they have to be committers). > > We need, for many good reasons (traceability, accountability...) that > anonymous suggestions are disabled and, at the same time, account creation > for non-committers is possible. > > I was concerned about losing content but apparently Jan reassured here and > on the l10n list that we are in a position to use/import strings from Pootle > at this stage. So it is a configuration/policy issue only. > > >> 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. > > > It worked, but the current process is really demanding on the motivation (or > technical skills) of volunteers. Compare an answer like "Welcome! Next week > we will send you a link to a .tar.bz2 archive containing 240 PO files that > you should open individually, translate and send us back" to "Welcome! > Please register at https://translate.apache.org/ and start translating now". > > Then, if you ask me, I would probably prefer the 240 PO files, but the > majority of new volunteers will be perfectly at home with Pootle. So I > believe we should fix it before any other mass-recruitment actions. >
OK. But then maybe let's agree on a date, and if the Pootle service is not able to handle non-committer users by then, then we go forward with backup plan for using POEdit and offline translation. It is better than nothing, and we know it works. But I don't want to see us in a situation when it is May and we're still waiting for Pootle. -Rob > Regards, > Andrea. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
