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> On Oct 25, 2023, at 1:55 AM, Matthias Seidel <matthias.sei...@hamburg.de> 
> wrote:
> 
> Hi Dave,
> 
>> Am 25.10.23 um 04:32 schrieb Dave Fisher:
>> It’s unfortunate, but we are going to need to replace Pootle for 4.2.
> What is the reason for this now?

Pootle is unmaintained, stuck on Python 2.x, and has had no release in 6 years. 
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pootle

This is blocking 4.2 already.

>> A quick search finds Weblate which can be deployed as a docker 
>> image.https://docs.weblate.org/en/latest/admin/install/docker.html
>> 
>> I did about 10 minutes of research there might be other options.
>> 
>> If this looks promising then we just need to understand how to adapt the 
>> scripts to create SDF plus imports and exports. It’s a lot, but we could 
>> fire up a new VM and try it.
> 
> As long as translations are kept 100% I am open for working solutions.

Of course that’s the goal!

Best,
Dave
> 
> Regards,
> 
>    Matthias
> 
>> Best,
>> Dave
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>>> On Oct 23, 2023, at 9:27 AM, Matthias Seidel<matthias.sei...@hamburg.de>  
>>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Peter,
>>> 
>>> Any idea how we can help?
>>> 
>>> I would like to build localized 4.2.0 versions again to keep the 
>>> translators happy! ;-)
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>>    Matthias
>>> 
>>>> Am 12.10.23 um 08:48 schrieb Peter kovacs:
>>>> I am sorry. For my lack of participation.
>>>> Just a short summary.
>>>> I have noted the todos on the wishlist in confluence but maybe it is to 
>>>> rough.
>>>> 
>>>> We use for migrating between Po files and SDF the translation kit from 
>>>> pootle. It is an own independand package. The latest version uses an newer 
>>>> Python Version then available on the server.
>>>> So we need to move to the latest python /translation kit version.
>>>> 
>>>> However pootle itself needs python 2.7 and is not developed anymore. This 
>>>> means it has an old Django version. We should look into replacing pootle. 
>>>> However we have a lot of strings and text and Multifile setup. So this 
>>>> might be not as easy as it sounds.
>>>> 
>>>> I have tried to create a docker image to become more independand from the 
>>>> machine and encapsolule the Po to SDF conversion. But that needs to be 
>>>> tested. On the server I have installed podman to run the docker image. But 
>>>> you need to run in interactive mode.
>>>> 
>>>> Also maybe we need to check if we open up a gitbox repository for the 
>>>> translation files. Since the changes are checked in in a git repository.
>>>> 
>>>> In mechtilde home folder you find the scripts we used  so far. There is 
>>>> also the repository.
>>>> I think I copied the repository also to the /x folder.
>>>> 
>>>> I have a local documentation of mechtildes scripts.  I have to move this 
>>>> into confluence. That Todo may be missing.
>>>> 
>>>> I hope this quick summary helps. All the best
>>>> Peter
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Am 11. Oktober 2023 19:02:58 MESZ schrieb Matthias 
>>>> Seidel<matthias.sei...@hamburg.de>:
>>>>> Hi Dave,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Am 11.10.23 um 18:59 schrieb Dave Fisher:
>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Oct 11, 2023, at 1:56 PM, Matthias 
>>>>>>> Seidel<matthias.sei...@hamburg.de>  wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hi Pedro,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Am 11.10.23 um 13:14 schrieb Pedro Lino:
>>>>>>>> Hi Matthias
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Yes, of course.
>>>>>>>> If there are people willing to contribute, there is no reason not to 
>>>>>>>> include it.
>>>>>>>> Let me know if my help is useful :)
>>>>>>> Well, I only asked, since I am not able to do it... ;-)
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> And I am not really sure if we can do it at the moment, since the 
>>>>>>> server needs attention.
>>>>>> Please describe what attention the server needs either here or on 
>>>>>> sysadmin@ so that someone (likely me) can take the needed action.
>>>>> Peter and Mechtilde know better than me (even if I have administrative 
>>>>> rights in Pootle).
>>>>> 
>>>>> All I know is that we are not able to provide new SDF files.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> 
>>>>>    Matthias
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>> Dave
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>     Matthias
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>> Pedro
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> On 10/10/2023 2:09 PM WEST Matthias 
>>>>>>>>>> Seidel<matthias.sei...@hamburg.de>  wrote:
>>>>>>>>>   Hi All,
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> I see a lot of activity at the Mongolian dictionary.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Should we add Mongolian to Pootle to enable translation?
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> We could try to import some strings from our source:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/apache/openoffice/tree/trunk/extras/l10n/source/mn
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>      Matthias
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