On 22 October 2012 00:01, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 12:14 PM, jan iversen <jancasacon...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I have finally finished my proposal for a new workflow. > > > > please have a look at: > > http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/File:L10procNew.pdf > > > > I'll take a closer look, but I did browse it quickly and had one question: > Hope you like what you read.
> > Do we know more about what it means to have Pootle access Subversion? > Does this need read/write access? If so, what SVN account is it > using? Is it using credentials from the current logged in Pootle > user? Does it need to store SVN login credentials? > According to the home page (I have no personal experience) will pootle use the account you use on pootle Yes it requires read/write access, otherwise you cannot commit your changes, and would again have manual steps. Andrea told me that you might meet the developer 4-5 november. > > Since Pootle and SVN are both ASF-wide services, managed by the > Infrastructure team, we'll need to coordinate this carefully. > Security concerns will weigh heavily on what is possible here. > I totally agree, but the real question is: how many are using pootle to translate compared to the total number. Everybody have been telling me, that most translation is done offline..so that is where I have put my emphasis. > > -Rob > > > I have tried to implement the comments (on the document describing the > > existing workflow) from the community, and at the same time avoid > > non-essential themes that seems to open discussions :-) > > > > The workflow I have proposed is based on my knowledge from large > > organizations, so I am sure it can work....but I do not know if the > > community as such want it. > > > > It has advantages for everybody: > > - developers dont really see a change > > - our release manager saves a lot of manual work > > - offline translators become a lot closer connected to the process, > without > > being bugged down with technical details. > > > > My shoulders are pretty big, so please give me your opinions and > > suggestions for improvement (I am here to learn, NOT to educate). Please > > remember one thing the big silent majority does not count here. > > > > I post this mail here to give developers a change to speak their mind, it > > is also posted on l10n, for the more translators who are of course > heavily > > influenced. > > > > Once we have agreed to the content, I will undertake the development, > but I > > do need heavy support from a committer (mostly to commit code and publish > > php/web pages). > > > > happy reading. > > JanI >
