> On Oct 16, 2024, at 2:27 PM, Peter Kovacs <pe...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> hi all.
>
>
> mechtilde has set up a translation git repository for the process to save
> translations in case something goes wrong with the conversion.
>
> I added now a githup repository and i would like to convert our scripts that
> they GitHub create a po file if a sdf file is checked in and vice versa.
>
> why do we need this?
>
> the translation is done in po files while Apache OpenOffice uses the self
> invented translation file sdf. sdf files are about 50% smaller then po files.
>
> changes in the code are extracted as the sdf file for us, which is used to
> introduce new text into the translation process
>
>
> Does pootle play a role?
>
> not directly. po files are supported by all the translation tools while sdf
> is not directly supported. But ther is an library that can do the conversion.
>
>
> what i like to do is:
>
> linux build bot -> sdf us -> github -> conversion -> po files -> transation
> tool -> translator work -> po languages -> github -> conversion -> sdf file
> -> language release packaging.
>
>
> may be we could maintain multiple versions if our sdf file stays backward
> compatible. my understanding is there are breaking changes between 4.1 and
> 4.2.
>
>
> What is the discussion about?
>
> I would like to know your thoughts about if we should try to keep everything
> in one repo and branch or split into a po branch and sdf pranch. or even into
> 2 repos?
I'm for a single repository. Since an SDF file and its PO file are produced
together it’s probably easier to have them each on the same branch. I
understand that we do need to split stuff up because this is too much for a
single branch.
What if we had a branch for each language? Would that help?
> the one repo solution we already hit githubs limit of 2GB per push for the
> initial split. so the thought started to try to avoid a big file update on
> github. each language takes about 60 mb .
How many languages do we have in Pootle?
Best,
Dave
>
>
> your thoughts?
>
> cheers.
>
> petko
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