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[Christian Metscher <hakaishi@xxxxxx>]

Am 21.03.2012 20:44, schrieb Nicolas Delvaux:
> Hi Christian,
>
> Le 21/03/2012 18:54, Christian Metscher a écrit :
> > Hi Nicolas,
> >
> > as you might have noticed I updated the .pot file.
> > You can now download the qshutdown-fr.po file and create a
> > .ts file from it (package: translate-toolkit;
> > command: "po2ts qshutdown-fr.po qshutdown-fr.ts").
> > The current version of qshutdown is in the package shutdown-qapps,
> > which you can get with "git clone https://github.com/hakaishi/shutdown-qapps";
> > Copy the created .ts file into shutdown-qapps/qshutdown/src/translations/.
> > For build instructions see the README file. Note that qshutdown will
> > look for translation files (.qm) at /usr/share/qshutdown/translations/.
>
> Thanks, I will have a look before the end of the week.
>
> As a side note, you should agree that this is not really a straightforward
> process. ;)
> This is not a big problem for me, but keep in mind that all translators are not
> developers. And that Launchpad-translators have to take care of hundred of other
> apps.
>
> Launchpad makes it easy to edit translations. But, to unsure quality,
> translations have to be tested in "real life" in order to spot fuzzy things
> (context...).
>
> In a nutshell, the easier it is for translators to test their work, the better
> translations are.
>
>
> I'm CC-ing the mailing-list because this "reminder" may interest some other devs
> too.

Ahhh! Looks like I forgot to mention that the .ts file needs to be 
registered in the qshutdown.pro before build (even before executing 
"qmake", so that the .qm file will be created).

It's actually not much harder than a normal package. You just need to 
convert the .po file, edit the qshutdown.pro, execute "qmake" and the 
rest is like any average Package (all dependencies need to be installed 
and then build it).

If you by chance have qshutdown installed and don't want to overwrite 
it, you can make it like me: "qmake && make && bin/qshutdown" (if you 
don't want to install it).
But because of the .qm file it's rather "qmake && make && sudo cp 
src/translations/qshutdown-de.qm /usr/share/qshutdown/translations/ && 
bin/qshutdown". Of course the directory has to exist for that (sudo 
mkdir /usr/share/qshutdown/translations/)

It would be much easier if you install it: "qmake && make && sudo make 
install" (deinstall: "sudo make deinstall".) It's just like I wrote in 
the README.
You could also create a .deb file (e.g. using debuild)...


Kind regards and happy translating,
 Christian Metscher