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Re: KiCad GUI Translation HOWTO error (docs.kicad-pcb.org)

 

2016-03-01 8:59 GMT+01:00 Marco Ciampa <ciampix@xxxxxxxxx>:
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 02:06:47PM +0100, Nick Østergaard wrote:
>> Remember that that menu entry is different in the 4.0 series and the
>> latest product. legacy versus defualt.
>>
>> @Marco, I would like to know if the 4.0 branch on kicad-i18n is
>> aligned with he 4.0 series of kicad, I did not check it.  If it is
>> aligned with the 4.0 series, we can safely tag it for the new release,
>> but we can wait a bit if there are some translators that want a bit
>> more time to finish the translations int hat branch for 4.0.2.
>
> Sorry ... saw this mail only now. What do you mean?
>
> If you are asking me if I updated the .po files for all the languages (if
> I do it from time to time) the answer is no.
>
> The reason is this: I have written a little script left on the root of
> the i18n repo that could be used (without arguments) to update all the po
> files of all languages (I usually run it with the language argument to
> update only that specific language).
>
> BUT if I run it for all languages I'll create a conflict if someone is,
> at the same time, updating his language po file, so I do it only after
> being warned translators some days before I do it (I've done it just one
> time).

No, this is not what I am asking. The po file should only be updated
by the respective translator for the given language.

> IMHO when the (strings of the) program freeze for a few days for a
> release, that is a good moment to fire it, warning translators in advance
> of course, to let translators see if there are strings left to translate
> / update.
>
> If there is somewhere a "release procedure flowchart", this "standard
> translation freeze procedure" sequence could be added to it.

Yeah, I am working on defining a better aligned release proposal, such
that the translators have a chance to complete their translations
before the actual release.

But this time, I merged master into the 4.0 branch and tagged it
4.0.2, this looked to be the most update version when loading in kicad
4.0.2.

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