Alaa Abd El Fattah wrote: > Hallo list > > After lots of work, we are happy to reach another milestone in the > development of the next version of Pootle. This beta release now works > quite well on Django. We hope that Pootle admins and developers will try > this release and help us complete the last bits of work towards the > release of the next version. We dedicate this beta to Wynand who has > put in a huge amount of work in the last few months working mostly > alone on a lot of the harder Django stuff. Thanks Wynand! > > The code base has seen some major cleanups and refactoring, and most > of the important functionality is now ported to Django. The changes > internally are vast, but there are also some user visible changes: > - Brand new look (let us know what you think!) > - Several improvements with alternative languages, including the > support for multiple alternative source languages (thanks again to > Julen) > - The edit area now automatically resizes as needed > > > After this release a few outstanding issues will still receive > attention: > > - Reworking of the way files (stores) are handled > - Using Django templates > - Installation with the setup.py script (which is not working / > necessary for this beta) > - Strategies for migration > - Performance > - Improve test coverage > - Cleanup remaining legacy code > - Translations > > We are also very happy to announce that this version should work well > under apache using mod_python and mod_wsgi. I know for sure that many > people will be very happy about this. > > This beta is probably not ready for production use, but several people > are already testing it, so it seems at least usable on some level. Be > aware that some major changes could still come before the release, > including changes in the DB schema / templates, etc. > > Please note that Xapian does not work under apache due to some problems > with Xapian, so expect slow searching. Feedback on PyLucene under apache > will be appreciated. > > You can download this beta from: > http://translate.sourceforge.net/snapshots/Pootle-1.3.0-beta2/ > > there is no need to install this beta in order to test it, you are > advised to run it directly from source. > > Please check the README and > http://translate.sourceforge.net/wiki/pootle/installation_1.3beta > for instructions, and feel free to pop into IRC to ask any > questions that you might have. Some documentation might still need some > updates, so feel free to ask if anything is unclear. Things work > differently than the previous versions, so expect a few changes from > what you are used to with Pootle 1.2. > > cheers, > Alaa >
Excellent news. Particularly the "no need to install this beta in order to test it". I will be looking at testing the seamless migration from 1.2.0 and the GUI over the new few days. Feedback coming Bug #1: The table of contents at http://translate.sourceforge.net/wiki/pootle/installation_1.3beta is overlapping the table of instructions and making the last few links unreadable. AYJ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com _______________________________________________ Translate-pootle mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/translate-pootle
