On 12 January 2017 at 14:33, Tom Hughes <t...@compton.nu> wrote: > On 12/01/17 06:59, pravin....@gmail.com wrote: > > On 10 January 2017 at 14:39, Tom Hughes <t...@compton.nu >> <mailto:t...@compton.nu>> wrote: >> >> I don't really understand the logic here... >> >> I would expect anything in Fedora to be built with whatever >> translations are provided in the upstream release - are you saying >> that packagers are routinely removing such translations for some >> reason? or just forgetting to package the extra translations? >> >> Yes, forgetting to pull translation is one of the problem. >> Also other problem is packages updating strings after translation is >> completed. This also result in loss of translation. >> > > Right, but both of those are primarily issues for upstream rather than for > Fedora packages. >
Yes > > Or are you proposing that packagers should be pulling translations >> from some additional source above and beyond what upstream provides? >> >> No, not this. >> > > OK. > > I'm not saying we should package a tool for analysing translation >> status as I'm sure it will be useful to upstream developers but it's >> not clear how you envisage it fitting into the Fedora development >> process. >> >> In Fedora development process, i think such a script/project will be >> helpful like. >> After Beta release, one can simply run this script on fully installed >> translation machine and verify whether all latest translation from >> upstream are available in Fedora or is there any specific string >> breakage (i.e. New English words in package ). >> > > Right, but as a Fedora packager if I have the latest upstream packaged and > this script says I am missing translations what will I be expected to do > about it? > > You've already said you don't expect packagers to patch in the extra > strings so we can rule that out. > > So presumably I'm just supposed to open a bug with upstream to tell them > and then hope they do a new release and that I can then get that in before > GA? Perfect. This is more from Translation team side. Since many time even after 100% translation in Zanata, we do not get those in Fedora release. Basically translators will report bugs for this. - Pravin
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