On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 10:13 AM, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) <vali...@gmail.com> wrote: > So only managers can review translations? > There isn't a voting process? Like if 2 independent normal users validate a > translation to be correct, that translation could auto validate itself?
Yes this feature exists on Weblate but we'll need enough users to approve translations and it's also hard to prevent spam (you can easily create new accounts). > Option 2 seems the only option, because it allows Release Managers to > validate multiple keys at the same time and it's similar to the current > release process. > > Thanks, > Caty > > On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 10:05 AM, Adel Atallah <adel.atal...@xwiki.com> > wrote: > >> Hello everyone, >> >> As you probably know, we have decided to use Weblate <https://weblate.org/> >> as >> our new translation platform (l10n.xwiki.com). We still need to make some >> decisions before making an official announcement to the community. >> >> I'd like to know here how we should deal with translation reviews. >> I'm thinking of two ways to review translations: >> >> 1) Reviewing directly on the Weblate platform >> Pros: >> - Users can only make suggestions for already approved translations >> (which means we'll only have approved translations in the commits) >> - We can compare the translated keys to the source one (English) >> - We could push commits directly on the git repository instead of making >> PRs >> Cons: >> - AFAICS we can only review one translation key at a time (and overall >> the review process seems to be quite hard) >> - It seems that we receive an email for each new suggestions/translations >> (and we can't group them) >> >> 2) Reviewing on Github (with PRs) >> Pros: >> - We can review everything in a single view (github diff) >> - We know exactly what we are merging in the repository >> Cons: >> - Can't see the English source next to the translation (even if we mostly >> don't need to) >> - It's harder to manage spam as people could change every translations >> (no locking/suggestions) >> - You'll have to go on Weblate and revert rejected keys (one by one) >> >> I'm in favor of option 2 as it's the simplest and the safest one as >> everything can be checked on the PR. >> If you need to see how reviews are being made on Weblate, I can probably >> send screenshots or just give, for some of you, manager rights on the >> platform. >> >> WDYT? >> >> Thanks, >> Adel >>
