On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 02:28:34AM +0200, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Am 21.09.2016 um 15:45 schrieb Scott Kostyshak: > > > Rule X is that > > if you are not the maintainer of a document, you must use change > > tracking. Since you edited only the French version, as long as you did > > not add new material (in which case it should be ported to the other > > languages), then the way I interpret it is that you are updating your > > translation of the manual. For such a change, I don't think you need > > permission and I think you can commit directly to branch. Uwe, can you > > confirm I have the correct logic? > > Yes, correct. If you add new info that affects LyX in general this info > should of course be shared to the other languages using change tracking. > > > Uwe, can we update rule 1 to specify under which cases we do not need to > > use change tracking or should we really use it for all changes? > > If you are only translating change tracking is of course not necessary. I > thought this is obvious. As you know me I am not a big fan of rules.
I do. Thanks for making an effort to write down some guidelines even though you don't like it. > What I > wrote in development.lyx is how I think it is sensible to simplify the work > on the manuals. So these are not strict rules like a law. I see. I was confused by the "MUST" in capitals. > I think it is > obvious that only with change tracking people have a chance to add a new > info to the other language versons of a file. It's obvious to people who understand the structure of our documentation and translators. I think it would still be useful to explain it. > regards Uwe > > p.s. I am probably again off for about week OK. I will CC you on messages I think you'd be interested in and you can respond whenever you find time. Scott
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