Hi, 2009/7/1 David Planella <[email protected]>: > > == Proposal == > > Actually, here's an idea: we should contact Frank Lichtenfeld (the guy > behind packages.ubuntu.com and packages.debian.org) ans see what he > thinks first, but what about: > > * Create a wiki page in the TranslatingUbuntu space explaining the > process > * Create a packages.ubuntu.com project in Launchpad (only for > translations) > * Import translations from > http://git.debian.org/?p=webwml/packages.git;a=tree;f=po into > Launchpad Translations (either by manually importing the POT/PO > files or by mirroring the git branch to a bzr branch). > * Add a link to the wiki page with the explanation of the process > to the template information text box. > > What do you guys think?
The idea of doing the translation through Launchpad would be interesting, the only problem I can see is with languages that already have a translation made by Debian teams. Don't want to cause any frictions between other teams. We need to said it loud and clear that for doing translation there, first it's necessary to interact with the Debian team. For the Ubuntu only strings: if the strings are normally extractable from the source code, if we can do the translations in Launchpad and send them back to Debian, even if they get merged with the Debian POT files, those strings will become "obsolete", but as long as they are merged with the Ubuntu POT, they should be valid (if I'm not totally wrong). The problem could be with Debian upstream deleting the obsolete strings, but Launchpad will anyway preserve them, so we should be safe with any new import of POT templates. Obviously, that means that languages that have Debian translations shouldn't modify them and should only translate the new strings. Sounds complicated? -- Milo Casagrande <[email protected]> -- packages.ubuntu.com needs translation https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/392750 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
