On Fri, Oct 29, 2021 at 1:05 PM Mats Elfström <mats.elfst...@giskraft.se> wrote:
> Hi! > I am confused here. > You wrote:"That would have broken all property file editors (ones that > are aware of what a property file is)." > I was merely responding to a request from you:"We'll need someone to > checkout GeoServer, re-encode all translation files to UTF8, and make a PR." > Which was what I was preparing to do, with Notepad++, and nobody > protested. Apparently, the problem could be fixed in another way. > During the last GeoServer PSC meeting Jody and I sat down and looked at the issue with some patience and time (one hour of investigation, unlike the 5 minutes we can afford when answering here on the list). Turns out Java property files should not be encoded as UTF-8, but as ISO-8859-1, by Java specification itself (see somewhere here in the javadoc https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/util/Properties.html ). So, the problem had to be addressed in a different way. > Some scripting will be necessary. The Geonetwork team has provided scripts > to download and distribute language files, but translators should not have > to be bothered with adding their work to the repo. This should be done by > the release team, shortly before release. > We barely have the personnel to do releases (as you can see by release dates regularly slipping by due to lack of volunteers). We won't be able to also take on this, period. Someone other than the current core developers must step up and do it. This presentation might give you some perspective on what we are talking about, when we say "busy": https://t.co/y69loP6RpJ > * Conclusion > I think localization is important to spread Open source software. For > instance, QGIS is available in over 40 languages. > I think Transifex is a very useful tool, and it is sad that the work done > there for Geoserver has been neglected and brought into disrepair. > The work was started and managed outside of the core dev team (thankfully, otherwise it would not have happened at all, see above). Unfortunately the volunteer that bridged the two worlds disappeared. We need a new one. Writing the scripts is going to be only one of the tasks this person is tasked with, another issue is being present on Transifex, and get a feeling of which translations (out of the many) can actually be contributed to the project Andrea == GeoServer Professional Services from the experts! Visit http://bit.ly/gs-services-us for more information. == Ing. Andrea Aime @geowolf Technical Lead GeoSolutions Group phone: +39 0584 962313 fax: +39 0584 1660272 mob: +39 333 8128928 https://www.geosolutionsgroup.com/ http://twitter.com/geosolutions_it ------------------------------------------------------- Con riferimento alla normativa sul trattamento dei dati personali (Reg. UE 2016/679 - Regolamento generale sulla protezione dei dati “GDPR”), si precisa che ogni circostanza inerente alla presente email (il suo contenuto, gli eventuali allegati, etc.) è un dato la cui conoscenza è riservata al/i solo/i destinatario/i indicati dallo scrivente. Se il messaggio Le è giunto per errore, è tenuta/o a cancellarlo, ogni altra operazione è illecita. Le sarei comunque grato se potesse darmene notizia. This email is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. We remind that - as provided by European Regulation 2016/679 “GDPR” - copying, dissemination or use of this e-mail or the information herein by anyone other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this email by mistake, please notify us immediately by telephone or e-mail
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