On Sun, 2009-11-01 at 22:19 +0000, Matthew East wrote: > On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 9:29 PM, Robbie Williamson <rob...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > > You are absolutely correct :), and I've tried to correct these errors. > > Please review and let me know if things are better. > > Thanks Robbie - that looks better from a documentation team point of view. > > A couple of quick minor comments on a quick read of the schedule: > > 1. I'd say that the artwork deadlines are wrong. Currently the final > artwork deadline comes after the DocumentationStringFreeze, which > means that the desktop could in theory change at a time when it isn't > possible to update screenshots. That isn't a problem for the > documentation team at the moment, because we don't use screenshots in > the desktop documentation. Really artwork is covered by the current > definition of UserInterfaceFreeze > (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UserInterfaceFreeze) so it would probably be > helpful to get this clarified. I think it was intentional that artwork > be covered by the UI Freeze > (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DapperReleaseProcess).
To be honest, I questioned the need for these deadlines in the Karmic cycle at all. Until Karmic, there was no definition of these terms...just words in the schedule, so I tried to define them as best as I could :/. After reading the definition of UserInterfaceFreeze (again), I agree it needs to be clarified. I went to the Ubuntu Artwork page [1], and I believe these deadlines are for artwork that is packaged and made available as *Community-maintained* software (i.e. in universe). I've updated the definitions to make this clearer (hopefully), and de-emphasized the drops (i.e., moved them to the left-most column) since they aren't as critical to the release schedule as the deadlines & freezes, IMO. [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork > > 2. The translation deadlines could do with clarifying. "Final > translation export from LP" is listed as week 19, whereas > LanguagePackTranslationDeadline is at week 25. That seems > contradictory because translators will, as usual, be translating right > up until the LanguagePackTranslationDeadline and will count on a > translation export happening after that deadline. Note: I think this > has also been slightly unclear from previous release schedules as > well, albeit there isn't such a large difference between the two > (which I think is just a hangover from the changes you've made today). > As a solution I'd suggest moving the two items to the same stage in > the release cycle. Good catch...fixed. Thanks, Robbie -- Robbie Williamson twitter/identi.ca: undacuvabrutha Ubuntu Foundations & Security Team Manager robbiew[irc.freenode.net] http://wiki.ubuntu.com rob...@ubuntu.com "You can't be lucky all the time, but you can be smart everyday" -Mos Def "Arrogance is thinking you are better than everyone else, while Confidence is knowing no one else is better than you." -Me ;) -- ubuntu-translators mailing list ubuntu-translators@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-translators
