Hello,
As we approach the Chandler Preview release it is now time to
reinstate the Localization Code
Freeze. As to not hold back the Preview release it was decided that
0.7.1 would be our
first "Localization" release. However, we are shipping Chandler
Preview with a Chandler-en.po English
translation. This file overrides some of the default strings in
Python code to provide better verbiage
for users.
As such the following policies are now in place until the Chandler
Preview Release.
1. No string additions or alterations in Python code. The exception
will be John Anderson's
patch currently attached to bug 10250. Since it has already been
approved for addition
to Preview,
2. I will be the sole maintainer of the Chandler-en.po file. Any
changes that are required
to this file will be made by me. If you want to add a better
English alternative to a
string currently in Chandler Python code, send me the string key
and the desired
replacement text and I will add it to the Chandler-en.po. Having
just spent the good
part of today cleaning up our Chandler-en.po file including
fixing duplicate keys and
missing accelerators it is very important at this stage that
only one person with
previous experience with xgettext and msgfmt utilities make
changes to the file.
These new rules take effect as of SVN revision 15144.
Thanks for your understanding,
Brian Kirsch
Brian Kirsch
Internationalization Architect / Mail Service Engineer
Open Source Applications Foundation
543 Howard Street 5th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
http://www.osafoundation.org
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