On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Dave Fisher <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jul 7, 2012, at 10:07 AM, Dick Groskamp wrote: > >> Op 7-7-2012 18:19, Rob Weir schreef: >>> On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 6:51 PM, Albino B Neto <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hi. >>>> >>>> 2012/7/6 Rob Weir <[email protected]>: >>>>> Another part is to have a good introductory page that we can point new >>>>> volunteers to. I created a draft here: >>>>> http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/translate.html >>>> Very good! >>>> >>>>> Is there anything else we should be doing? >>>>> >>>>> Ideally, we could have a public "call for translation volunteers" at >>>>> the end of July, when 3.4.1 is released. We'll have some good >>>>> publicity opportunities at that point. >>>> Yes, we are need volunteers. >>>> >>>> In Pootle is a user wants contribute, as will register there? >>>> It is possible to do the translation via the web. >>>> >>> The way Pootle is configured at Apache there is not a new user >>> registration. It uses the the existing Apache LDAP and existing >>> Apache logins. This means that only Committers can log in to Pootle. >>> >>> Given this limitation, and little hope that it will go away, we need >>> to figure out how new localization volunteers can help with the >>> project. In the "How to help" draft I posted, I suggested two ways: >>> >>> 1) Entering suggestions in Pootle >>> >>> 2) Working off-line with a translation client instead of Pootle. >>> >>> Another option might be: >>> >>> 3) We quickly vote in as committers any new volunteer so they can access >>> Pootle. >>> >>> -Rob >> +1 for option 3. My ICLA is already at Apache. >> I've been working on the OOo POOTLE for at least the last years. >> However it seems *not done* to nominate one self as a committer I think >> I have to take this opprtunity to at least let you know I'm there. >> I won't be commtting any code to the project since that is absolutely >> not my 'forte' or area of expertise :-) >> I just need acces to POOTLE to be able to translate UI and Help to Dutch. >> I was working on updating the earlier existing translations as the plug >> was pulled, so I would really like to continue > > Dick are you interested in a po file? > > Currently Jürgen has been providing po files to people interested in > translation and then handling the import into Pootle - option (2). Every so > often he has been discussing these individual's contributions on ooo-private > and we have voted in a number of people using a slower version of option (3). > It took some effort and adjustments to come to this arrangement. >
Option #2 is broken due to: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-4917 That's why the "how to translate" draft talks about off-lime translations. > Sorry, I don't see the full (3) as practical. The PPMC needs to see some > merit within the project before granting an Apache ID and karma. Any > discussion on the mechanics of VOTEs in the project are best discussed on > ooo-dev. > > Regards, > Dave > > > > >> >> -- >> DiGro >> >> Windows 7 and OpenOffice.org 3.3 >> Scanned with Ziggo uitgebreide Internetbeveiliging (F-Secure) >> >
