Hi I have now seen, what I think is a general misunderstanding, in several mail threads.
When a non-committer submit a po file change, the name does not follow the file: a) file attached to bugzilla. The comment carry the name of the volunteer, but once the file(s) leaves bugzilla the name is lost b) file attached to mail private to a committer or to a list (zip). The mail carry the name of the volunteer, but once the file(s) goes to pootle the name is lost c) Pootle online suggestion, the suggestion has the name of the volunteer, when a committer accept the suggestion, the name stays. BUT when the po files are generated the name is lost. The po files are later converted to sdf files which are committed without the original name(s) That PO files do not carry name(s) is consistent with the fact that we dont write names in our source files. In order to keep the pootle database effective, we will from time to time empty it and reload the po files, so all records of suggestion etc. will be lost. the Pootle DB is considered a secondary storage, the primary storage is sdf files in svn. Remember we have an obligation to have all needed files for a release marked in svn. For source patches the volunteer get a life time credit, because we have a rule about adding the name in the svn comment...but this is not done with po files. So I dont really get the discussion about crediting volunteers through pootle. To me it is not crediting, at the most "counting" where we lack both bugzilla and mail. I feel very confident that we dont really need "counting" in order to judge if a volunteer does a good or a splendid job. just my opinion jan I.
