RE: UIFE: Adding fractional scaling to Settings

2020-03-30 Thread Doug Smythies
On 2020.03.29 13:21 Robert Ancell wrote: > A UI freeze exception has been filed (https://launchpad.net/bugs/1868019) > to add fractional scaling support to Settings. This adds a new switch that > toggles this feature as shown below: Note that your html based e-mail with an embedded png file was t

RE: Ubuntu Serverguide - pending point release for 18.04 will be in English only.

2019-06-17 Thread Doug Smythies
On 2019.06.17 12:30 Frank Heimes wrote: > Hi Doug, Hi, > glad to hear about the move to git > - already any more details on the 'markup' language? Last I knew (September), there were two contenders, as proposed by the Canonical Docs team. Excerpt from Josh Powers (Reference, my archives: 2018.

RE: Ubuntu Serverguide - pending point release for 18.04 will be in English only.

2019-06-17 Thread Doug Smythies
On 2019.06.17 09:18 Peter Matulis wrote: > On Sat, Jun 15, 2019 at 12:33 PM Doug Smythies wrote: > >> It is likely that for the 20.04 LTS release, the Serverguide >> source code will be changed to git based version control and >> some sort of markup language, moving a

Ubuntu Serverguide - pending point release for 18.04 will be in English only.

2019-06-15 Thread Doug Smythies
Hi All, In a few days help.ubuntu.com will be updated with a point release of the 18.04 Serverguide. Only the US-English version will be published. Why? It is likely that for the 20.04 LTS release, the Serverguide source code will be changed to git based version control and some sort of markup

RE: Should the Ubuntu Serverguide be published in languages other than English?

2018-10-10 Thread Doug Smythies
On 2018.10.01 17:50 Doug Smythies wrote: > Hi All, > > Over the years, we have had feedback that system administrators > prefer the English version of the serverguide, even if English > is not their first language. > > Changes are probably pending for the way the source code

Should the Ubuntu Serverguide be published in languages other than English?

2018-10-01 Thread Doug Smythies
Hi All, Over the years, we have had feedback that system administrators prefer the English version of the serverguide, even if English is not their first language. Changes are probably pending for the way the source code for the serverguide is managed and edited, as we (well Canonical, actually)

Ubuntu serverguide 16.04 - point release

2017-12-11 Thread Doug Smythies
Hi, We have done another point release of the 16.04 Ubuntu Serverguide, without a translation update delay. As previously mentioned, it seems only French, Italian, and Russian seem to keep reasonably up to date with Serverguide translations. As usual, if any translation team ever wants the Serve

RE: Ubuntu serverguide 16.04 - point release

2017-06-18 Thread Doug Smythies
On 2017.06.04 22:51 Doug Smythies wrote: > Due to good subject matter expert contributions, we want > to do another 16.04 Ubuntu serverguide point release already. > > The .POT file has been updated and translation work can be done. > We will target the actual point release for a

RE: Ubuntu serverguide 16.04 - point release

2017-06-04 Thread Doug Smythies
if someone wants more time. Reference: https://translations.launchpad.net/serverguide ... Doug On 2016.12.22 16:46 Doug Smythies wrote: > On 2016.12.06 23:32 Doug Smythies wrote: > >> The Ubuntu serverguide is only released on a per LTS basis. >> i.e 12.04, 14.04, and 16.04. >

RE: [desktop] ubuntu-docs ready to translate

2017-04-02 Thread Doug Smythies
On 2017.03.30 09:55 Aputsiak Niels Janussen wote: > I've considered moving the Danish translation process out of Launchpad > to another system, say Pootle, but worry that synchronisation issues > will make it a mess. Yes, I think it could be a synchronisation challenge. You would have to manage

RE: Feedback request | Documentation site reorg, switch to Markdown

2017-03-03 Thread Doug Smythies
Hi Robert, Simon, Both very useful e-mails thanks. Robert: for unknown reasons (it is not in the held queue) your e-mails do not get to the docs e-mail list (or the translators one, I think), so this reply is also to get it there. Note: e-mails from some others are not getting to all copied lists

RE: Feedback request | Documentation site reorg, switch to Markdown

2017-02-27 Thread Doug Smythies
On 2017.02.22 16:47 Peter Matulis wrote: > I should mention to the uninitiated that a single wayward character will > generate > a bewildering error when a build of HTML is attempted. Considering that you > need > to go through a long file full of the above stuff, I recall my "debugging" > sess

RE: Feedback request | Documentation site reorg, switch to Markdown

2017-02-19 Thread Doug Smythies
Hi Peter, I'm only commenting on the Ubuntu Serverguide herein, As others have covered the desktop help docs and the installation guide quite well. What I have to say was also covered in our off-list pre-discussion. On 2017.02.15 13:58 Peter Matulis wrote: > All this would entail: > > - Initial

RE: Feedback request | Documentation site reorg, switch to Markdown

2017-02-18 Thread Doug Smythies
Hi Robert, Thanks very much for chiming in. On 2017.02.18 15:30 Robert Young wrote: > Hi all, > > As a person interested in contributing for the first time, Do you know which area you are most likely to contribute to? The desktop help or the serverguide or the installation guide or all 3? > I

RE: Ubuntu serverguide 16.04 - point release

2016-12-22 Thread Doug Smythies
On 2016.12.06 23:32 Doug Smythies wrote: > The Ubuntu serverguide is only released on a per LTS basis. > i.e 12.04, 14.04, and 16.04. > > We need to do a point release update publication of the >16.04 Ubuntu serverguide. > > The .POT file has been updated and translation w

Ubuntu serverguide 16.04 - point release

2016-12-06 Thread Doug Smythies
Hi, The Ubuntu serverguide is only released on a per LTS basis. i.e 12.04, 14.04, and 16.04. We need to do a point release update publication of the 16.04 Ubuntu serverguide. The .POT file has been updated and translation work can be done. We will target the actual point release for a couple of

RE: Calling for Server Guide reviewers/contributors - - TRUSTY

2016-05-16 Thread Doug Smythies
On 2016.01.03 7:58 Peter Matulis wrote: > On 01/03/2014 10:43 AM, Peter Matulis wrote: >> On 01/03/2014 01:08 AM, Mauricio Tavares wrote: >>> I can help; it would be a good way to understand the new format. >>> Should I do what you did and fetch a chapter somehow, edit it and >>> place it somewher

RE: Ubuntu serverguide 16.04 LTS

2016-04-29 Thread Doug Smythies
On 2016.04.29 14:02 daniel wrote: > I have a doubt about the translation of html tags. > Are there any criteria about? > > Should the tags be translated (I mean the texts between )? > Should the text between tags be translated (I mean tranlate?)? I am not an expert on the actual translation proce

Ubuntu serverguide 16.04 LTS

2016-04-29 Thread Doug Smythies
Hi, Recall that the Ubuntu serverguide is only released on a per LTS basis. There were huge changes to Ubuntu server edition between 14.04 LTS and 16.04 LTS. We have begged and pleaded for Subject Matter Expert contributions to the Ubuntu Serverguide, and while we are getting some help, a lot of t

RE: Ubuntu serverguide 14.04 - point release

2016-01-02 Thread Doug Smythies
On 2016.01.02 14.22 Javier Sinobas wrote: > How can I stop getting these emails? Well, you would follow the link [1] that the mailer daemon adds when it sends e-mails to the list, and on that page there is an option, with instructions, to unsubscribe. [1] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinf

RE: Ubuntu serverguide 14.04 - point release

2016-01-02 Thread Doug Smythies
On 2015.12.01 10:21 Doug Smythies wrote: >The Ubuntu serverguide is only released on a per LTS basis. > i.e 12.04, 14.04, and soon 16.04. > > We tried to fix many bug reports in the 14.04 serverguide, > and would like to do a point release before we diverge > the 14.04 and

Ubuntu serverguide 14.04 - point release

2015-12-01 Thread Doug Smythies
Hi, The Ubuntu serverguide is only released on a per LTS basis. i.e 12.04, 14.04, and soon 16.04. We tried to fix many bug reports in the 14.04 serverguide, and would like to do a point release before we diverge the 14.04 and trunk (will become 16.04) branches. We do have some 16.04 specific edit

RE: UI freeze exception request - new default wallpaper in 15.10

2015-09-21 Thread Doug Smythies
On 2015.09.21 06:00 Will Cooke wrote: > I'm afraid that the new default wallpaper didn't arrive in time for UI freeze, > and so I would like to request a UI freeze exception for the uploading of the > new wallpaper. It is always extremely late that any new wallpaper shows up, and we always end u

RE: Ubuntu Serverguides 12.04 and 14.04 point releases

2015-03-18 Thread Doug Smythies
On 2015.03.14 10:58 Marcin GTriderXC.tk wrote: > Honestly we've got something over 9000 strings to translate in Polish. > Translating this is gonna take me definitely longer than week or two. > I just want to make sure that if I/we translate these strings, > my work will not go in vain and trans

RE: Ubuntu Serverguides 12.04 and 14.04 point releases

2015-03-12 Thread Doug Smythies
kes sense for your language and culture. > On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 1:35 AM, Doug Smythies wrote: >> On 2015.02.26 16:45 Doug wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Recall that the Serverguide does only LTS releases now. >> >> The Ubuntu Serverguide versions 12.04 and 14.04

RE: Ubuntu Serverguides 12.04 and 14.04 point releases

2015-03-05 Thread Doug Smythies
On 2015.02.26 16:45 Doug wrote: > Hi all, > > Recall that the Serverguide does only LTS releases now. > > The Ubuntu Serverguide versions 12.04 and 14.04 are going to do point release > updates. > The string freeze has just been declared, and the .POT files have been > updated, ready for transla

Ubuntu Serverguides 12.04 and 14.04 point releases

2015-02-26 Thread Doug Smythies
Hi all, Recall that the Serverguide does only LTS releases now. The Ubuntu Serverguide versions 12.04 and 14.04 are going to do point release updates. The string freeze has just been declared, and the .POT files have been updated, ready for translation. Based on the Italian, which had 0 string

RE: Trusty translation import queue status?

2014-04-11 Thread Doug Smythies
On 2014.04.11 12:57 Milo Casagrande wrote: > Also, the continuous Launchpad time out errors do not make life easy. I only work on translations when trying to fix compile time errors or warnings for ubuntu-docs or serverguide The constant Launchpad timeout errors, drive me crazy, and waste a lot o

RE: Serverguide - Documentation String Freeze exception request

2014-04-08 Thread Doug Smythies
On 2014.04.24 11:37 Doug Smythies wrote: > There has been a late and significant > Merge Proposal submitted for the Ubuntu > Serverguide. > Is it O.K. with Translators if we proceed with > this exception? > Note that the serverguide is not a released > package and there i

RE: ubuntu-docs embedded syntax

2014-04-08 Thread Doug Smythies
Please try: https://help.ubuntu.com/14.04/ubuntu-help/index.html On 2014.03.24 14:20 Doug Smythies wrote: > There are a great many issues when attempting > to compile other languages help system for > ubuntu-docs. This message occurs lots (the > example is for Bosnian): > &quo

ubuntu-docs embedded syntax

2014-03-24 Thread Doug Smythies
There are a great many issues when attempting to compile other languages help system for ubuntu-docs. This message occurs lots (the example is for Bosnian): "Warning: Could not merge bs translation for msgid:" What does it mean? It means the US-English string will be used instead, and the t

RE: Localized ubuntu-docs screenshots

2014-03-24 Thread Doug Smythies
-translators-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-translators-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Doug Smythies Sent: September-26-2013 14:26 To: ubuntu-translators@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Localized ubuntu-docs screenshots If regions want to update any screen shots in Ubuntu-docs, they

Serverguide - Documentation String Freeze exception request

2014-03-24 Thread Doug Smythies
There has been a late and significant Merge Proposal submitted for the Ubuntu Serverguide. As far as I can determine from: https://translations.launchpad.net/serverguide There hasn't been any work done yet on the Serverguide translations since string freeze. Is it O.K. with Translators

RE: Calling for Server Guide reviewers/contributors - - TRUSTY

2014-02-06 Thread Doug Smythies
On 2014.02.06 15:05 Serge Hallyn wrote: > Quoting Peter Matulis (peter.matu...@canonical.com): >> On 01/03/2014 01:08 AM, Mauricio Tavares wrote: >>> On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 5:58 AM, Peter Matulis >> After having spent a good part of the day going through just one file (chapter) I now kn

RE: Calling for Server Guide reviewers/contributors - - TRUSTY

2014-01-03 Thread Doug Smythies
On 2014.01.03 07:58 Peter Matulis wrote: > On 01/03/2014 10:43 AM, Peter Matulis wrote: >> On 01/03/2014 01:08 AM, Mauricio Tavares wrote: >>> I can help; it would be a good way to understand the new format. >>> Should I do what you did and fetch a chapter somehow, edit it and >>> place it

RE: Localized ubuntu-docs screenshots

2013-11-10 Thread Doug Smythies
; Automate switching between all languages. . Doug From: Pierre Slamich [mailto:pierre.slam...@gmail.com] Sent: November-10-2013 07:37 To: Doug Smythies Cc: Ubuntu Translators; Philippe Cortez Subject: Re: Localized ubuntu-docs screenshots We totally missed that on the French side. Has any

RE: In ubuntu-docs, why the 13.04 strings not updated to 13.10?

2013-10-04 Thread Doug Smythies
Use the upstream translation, it is up to date: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu-docs/saucy/+pots/ubuntu-help/ar . Doug From: ubuntu-translators-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-translators-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Ibrahim Saed Sent: October-04-2013 14:27 To:

Localized ubuntu-docs screenshots

2013-09-26 Thread Doug Smythies
If regions want to update any screen shots in Ubuntu-docs, they should be done in time to commit to the main branch before October 3rd. I do not know what the typical procedure is, but I did find some reference to using some share on Ubuntu 1 for the files, but it doesn't seem to exist anymore.

RE: Windows Live

2013-09-22 Thread Doug Smythies
O.K., I entered a bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-docs/+bug/1228952 ... Doug -Original Message- From: ubuntu-translators-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-translators-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Michael Bauer Sent: September-22-2013 13:05 To: Ubuntu l10n S

Ubuntu Serverguide

2013-09-21 Thread Doug Smythies
The overall translation statistics, or list of translatable templates for 13.10, or whatever the official name is: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/saucy Does not seem to contain the Ubuntu serverguide in the list for any specific language. Is there a reason the Ubuntu serverguide

RE: Ubuntu Doc ready for translation

2013-09-21 Thread Doug Smythies
Arseni Sent: September-20-2013 23:52 To: Doug Smythies Cc: ubuntu-translators@lists.ubuntu.com; Benjamin Kerensa Subject: Re: Ubuntu Doc ready for translation On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 8:10 AM, Doug Smythies wrote: Please give the link you are using. The link you gave the other day: (see https

RE: Ubuntu Doc ready for translation

2013-09-20 Thread Doug Smythies
. … Doug From: claudio.ars...@gmail.com [mailto:claudio.ars...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Claudio Arseni Sent: September-20-2013 21:46 To: Benjamin Kerensa Cc: ubuntu-translators@lists.ubuntu.com; Doug Smythies Subject: Re: Ubuntu Doc ready for translation Il giorno 21/set/2013 00:42, "Ben

RE: Ubuntu Doc ready for translation

2013-09-20 Thread Doug Smythies
I think the problem is the two different translations, ubuntu-docs and ubuntu-help, are not linked together properly. Ubuntu-help saucy is shared with Ubuntu-docs raring. I'm trying to figure it out. Meanwhile, I think https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu-docs/saucy/+translations can

RE: Raring translation updates?

2013-06-28 Thread Doug Smythies
On this subject, I can only speak to the Ubuntu Serverguide, the Ubuntu Desktop docs, and what is published on help.ubuntu.com The serverguide is not a released package, and therefore is not bound by any need to do any SRU (Stable Release Update) procedure. If significant translation has been done

RE: On English text bugs

2013-06-28 Thread Doug Smythies
For the serverguide there is a French translator, flaipe, who has submitted many many string typo bug reports while translating. That work and attention to detail has been a huge help. ... Doug On 2013.06.28 02:18 Pierre Slamich wrote: > If you're referring to the DDTP, we're filing a bug for >

RE: Kubuntu Docs removed?

2013-04-24 Thread Doug Smythies
I remember seeing some e-mail about a bug report for this. Found it: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kubuntu-docs/+bug/1170403 -- ubuntu-translators mailing list ubuntu-translators@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-translators

RE: Late addition to Server Guide - virtualization.xml

2013-04-11 Thread Doug Smythies
ere setup on Saturday. I will update the .pot file in the main branch in the next couple of hours. It can take up to several more hours for various launchpad translation string files to auto update. Doug Smythies -- ubuntu-translators mailing list ubuntu-translators@lists.ubuntu.com https://list