On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 7:07 PM, Russell Keith-Magee <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I need some feedback/assistance from those with experience with the > translation tool set. > > Karen Tracey just pointed out that I may have made a booboo with the > handling of translations in the 1.1.X branch. > > I committed updates to trunk for the no, fr, nl, sk, cz and ro > translations. I also added two new stub translations: bn, fr-nl. > > I then proceeded to backport those translations to the 1.1.X branch. > The merge didn't raise any conflicts, but looking at the diffs, the > changes are mostly line number changes, not new content (although > there are a couple of translation changes and additions). > > This got noticed because I then *didn't* backport r12348, where I > updated the ga translation. As I recall, the merge wasn't clean. > > So, I need some advice from people that are more familiar with the i18n tools: > > Have I messed up here? > > Is a "backport if it merges cleanly" a reasonable approach? Or have I > made life more difficult for anyone trying to do a 1.1.X translation? > > Should I revert the translation updates for the 1.1.X branch? > > Are the rules the same for a completely new translation as for an > updated translation? > > FYI: The affected revisions are 12325-12332, plus 12334. > > Yours, > Russ Magee %-) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en. > >
I'm not an expert here, but I recall Malcolm saying that it was his policy not to do backports of translation committs. Alex -- "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." -- Voltaire "The people's good is the highest law." -- Cicero "Code can always be simpler than you think, but never as simple as you want" -- Me -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en.
