Frederik Ramm <frede...@remote.org> writes: > Hi, > > Matthias Julius wrote: >> We don't really have to stop development, but maybe we can restrain >> from introducing new features for a few days. Bug fixes are always >> welcome as long as they don't change translated strings. > > Developers must never be held back from doing what they have to do by > translation. If a bug fix requires that a string be changed, then the > string must be changed. Even if it is just a minor thing like an alert > popup that is worded badly so people tend to misunderstand it - we > cannot hold back improving the software just because the translator for > Ancient Greek is on holiday.
I am not saying we should hold development until all translations are complete. I would just like to give translators a chance to get their translation into a released JOSM. I imagine it could be very frustrating to find that a string shows up untranslated just because someone felt that a comma needed to be added. Do you think holding back string changes for a few (maybe 3?) days will disrupt development too much? The other question is of course whether there would be a significant improvement of translations accomplished within only a few days. > > If people would rather have a software with more bugs but where > everything has been translated, than one with less bugs but where some > things are untranslated, then we really have to do branches for language > versions. Not every bug fix requires a string change and not every bug in strings is grave enough to invalidate all its translations in an upcoming release. Matthias _______________________________________________ josm-dev mailing list josm-dev@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/josm-dev
