On 20 May 2014 08:32, Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org> wrote: > At the moment, a new translation volunteer, when we create a new account > in Pootle https://translate.apache.org/ , can edit all OpenOffice > translations in all languages. This does not make sense, since Pootle > allows to assign a translator to one (or more) languages. And we need to > use permissions more wisely also in preparation for the future genlang > system (this would only be a first step in that respect). > > So I propose, subject to lazy consensus, that if a person volunteers for > languages X and Y we assign permissions to edit only the translations into > languages X and Y. All accounts created in 2014 (and many of those created > in 2013) already have the correct per-language permissions, so if we unset > the "global" permission they will continue to work normally. The change is > retroactive, but of course the l10n list will be notified and if any > translator lacks permissions we will reassign them for the right languages. > +1
If you cannot change the "global" setting, let me know and I will change it. rgds jan I. > > Note: committers have a different set of permissions. The change affects > only non-committers; most of our new translators are not, or not yet, > committers. > > Regards, > Andrea. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >
