On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 8:10 AM, Alex Gaynor <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > I'm not an expert here, but I recall Malcolm saying that it was his > policy not to do backports of translation committs.
Jannis pointed me to this thead [1] from Malcolm, confirming this. The question now becomes "should I revert those changesets?" [1] http://groups.google.com/group/django-i18n/browse_thread/thread/c3547e3f082ac1e7 Russ %-) -- 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.
