Am 10/27/2012 01:17 AM, schrieb jan iversen:
I see, I have to get used to this license issues (a long time ago I
believed open source was just open source, then I joined an apache project).
never mind.
Would it be to our advantage if we offered third party developers (that is
how I see extension developers) the possibility to register a language file
and get it translated as part of the language packs ?
Of course it would be to our advantage; or let's say for the project and
software. A lot of extensions would be available in many languages.
However, I don't know where we should draw the line to set a limit. When
we select here and there some extensions, then the other developers will
ask why not their extensions.
And IMHO it's not possible to translate all strings for all extensions.
But maybe others here have a great idea?
Or should we just say extension developers does not concern us (and help
AOO get more used) so we just look the other way ?
Maybe the right way is somewhere in the middle.
Yeah, maybe. ;-)
Marcus
On 27 October 2012 00:58, Marcus (OOo)<marcus.m...@wtnet.de> wrote:
Am 10/27/2012 12:36 AM, schrieb jan iversen:
While doing an update to the l10n workflow I think I found a slight
problem.
Extensions offers the capability to integrate/extend our UI.
Assuming somebody writes an extension, and publishes it on
http://www.openoffice.org/**extensions/<http://www.openoffice.org/extensions/>how
does that get integrated into the
translation process ?
Simply, not at all.
As far as I can see the sources are not integrated into our "build --all
--with-lang".
Right.
If I am right that they are not part of the general translation, then is
that per design so or should it be different ?
Yes, this is by design.
Extensions are offered to extent your AOO install at any point of time.
These are developed by people that do not have to belong to our project
(when we put aside some exceptions). They can act independently. And
therefore they are allowed to (or have to ;-) ) do all on their own; incl.
translation.
That applies for all extensions and templates available on:
-
http://extensions.services.**openoffice.org<http://extensions.services.openoffice.org>
-
http://templates.services.**openoffice.org<http://templates.services.openoffice.org>
I might be following a wrong track here, but please forgive me for trying
to make the l10n process as complete as I can.
Don't panic. That's a great goal and everybody is thankful to you for
doing this task.
Marcus
