[Freeipa-devel] [PATCH] Update translation files (ipa.pot, *po).

[Pavel Zuna]

On 03/14/2011 03:47 PM, John Dennis wrote:
> On 03/14/2011 09:53 AM, Pavel Zuna wrote:
>> This patch updates files for translators mainly with docstrings (ipa
>> help) and a
>> few normal strings added in the past weeks.
>>
>> I'm pretty sure there was a mail by John with instruction on how to
>> get them to
>> transifex, but I can't find it. :(
>
> The mail probably said we need to do a 'tx push -s' after updating the
> pot. I've since updated our transifex ipa resource to point to our pot
> file in our git repo which I believe means we won't need to do a push.
> Instead I believe the updated pot will automatically be visible to the
> translators.
>
> I also noticed your patch includes updates to each po file, I don't
> think this is necessary either. When a translator updates a po from our
> pot we just simply fetch via 'tx pull'. My understanding is the tx
> server no longer maintains actual po files, rather they are a 'virtual'
> view of po based on the existing translation and the current pot. A
> physical po file is generated on demand when you do a 'tx pull' (or grab
> it from the website).
>
> This is the url to our tx resource
>
> http://www.transifex.net/projects/p/freeipa/resource/ipa/
>
> Here is what I suggest we do (I can do this if you wish).
>
> We print out a copy of the resource page showing the current state of
> the pot and the po's. We commit the updated pot to git. We wait a little
> bit for the tx server to detect our git commit. We compare the resource
> state from before the commit, it should show a larger pot file and the
> percent translation for each po should have decreased due to the larger
> pot.
>
> I have made a copy of the current resource state.
>
> Please redo the patch so it's just the pot file and commit it to git. I
> don't see a need for review on pot and po file commits. Let me know when
> the commit has occurred. I'll watch the state on transifex to confirm
> it's working as expected.
>
> Assuming all goes as expected, translators will start updating the po's
> which we periodically will fetch with 'tx pull'. (All of this would be
> easier for someone with commit access).
>
>

Thanks for info!

I created a new patch with only the ipa.pot file updated as you suggested.

Pavel
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