On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 15:27 +0000, Matthew East wrote: > Hi Scott > > On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 3:07 PM, Scott James Remnant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 15:39 +0200, Timo Jyrinki wrote: > > > > > I'm generally more interested in getting stuff done that following > > > processes that tightly, but for Ubuntu localization to succeed (one > > > thing in the core of Ubuntu philosophy) at the very least > > > notifications about changed/new strings are needed to be sent to > > > ubuntu-translators mailing list. > > > > > Could you describe how package maintainers can identify changed or new > > strings, and how they can find out who/where to notify? > > I think the first part of that question is quite unfair - translators > or documenters are not in as good a position to show how to identify > the change in a string as package maintainers are, who are the people > actually making the changes to the strings. Tell me if I've > misunderstood the question, but changing a user visible string strikes > me as being something that can only be done intentionally. > Package maintainers are no more in the light than the translators, all the package maintainer is doing is packaging a new upstream version and uploading it.
> As for where to notify, the procedure is relatively clearly described > at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FreezeExceptionProcess > > In fact, according to the process set out there, it shouldn't be > possible to do an upload without doing the notification, because the > bug report in which the freeze exception request is made is required > to contain a link to the notification in the archive of the -doc and > -translators mailing list. I don't know to what extent that process is > actually enforced though. > Both of the packages referred to, I believe, are part of a standard freeze exception -- as is the entire GNOME desktop. Scott -- Scott James Remnant [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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