2018-02-22 18:20 GMT+01:00 Thom Brown <t...@linux.com>:

> Hi,
>
> I have found that Japanese language support for the database server
> has been dropped for 10.  This is because it fell below the 80% of
> strings translated requirement, so it was shipped without Japanese.
> This isn't true of all components, but it seems quite alarming that
> we've pushed out PostgreSQL 10 with no language support for a country
> that has contributed a significant amount to the project, and has a
> relatively large number of users.
>
> The database server also dropped support for Indonesian and Portugese
> (Brazil).  In fact, just between 9.6 and 10, the following language
> support was dropped for these components:
>
>  cs       | plpython
>  de       | pg_resetxlog
>  es       | pg_resetxlog
>  fr       | pg_resetxlog
>  id       | postgres
>  it       | pg_resetxlog
>  ja       | pg_basebackup,pg_resetxlog,plpython,pltcl,postgres,psql
>  ko       | pg_resetxlog
>  pl       | pg_resetxlog
>  pt_BR    | pg_basebackup,pg_resetxlog,pltcl,postgres
>  ru       | pg_resetxlog
>  sv       | pg_resetxlog
>  tr       | plperl
>  zh_CN    | pg_basebackup,pg_resetxlog,pltcl
>  zh_TW    | plperl
>
> This is a huge amount of compared to what happened between 9.5 and 9.6:
>
>  cs       | psql
>
> between 9.4 and 9.5:
>
>  cs       | pltcl
>  ro       | pltcl
>  tr       | libpq,pltcl
>  zh_TW    | pltcl,psql
>
> and between 9.3 and 9.4:
>
>  cs       | pg_basebackup,pg_resetxlog
>  ja       | pg_basebackup,pg_resetxlog
>  zh_TW    | pg_ctl,postgres
>
>
> There are many translations that are on the verge of falling under
> 80%.  Japanese alone has 6 components between 80-83%, but other
> languages are in a similar position.
>
> I feel this is something that we, as a community, need to address.
> Unfortunately, some of us aren't in a position to contribute to such
> an effort.  We need folk to step forward to help get these
> translations updated, or this situation will likely only get worse.
>

I'll try to fix cs part. Some components are not too important for us - but
psql and pg_basebackup should be translated. Probably there are zero users
of pltcl and few users with plpython (but these users usually prefer
English lang).

Pavel


>
> Thanks
>
> Thom
>
>

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