Docs translations

Mike McGrath mmcgrath at redhat.com
Wed Mar 7 22:48:47 UTC 2007


Dimitris Glezos wrote:
> Hey all.
>
> Today we had a lengthy discussion on IRC about the way we should handle
> translations in Fedora. The plan is basically to move applications (and their PO
> files) that are being developed on elvis (a RH server)  over to
> 'cvs.fedoraproject.org'. It seems that this will not happen before the F7 release.
>
> We have already created a CVS group 'cvsl10n' and all translators will be asked
> to open Fedora accounts and will be added to this group.
>
> As a Docs project, we have the choice *not* to wait for F7 and migrate the
> translation process right away. The 'fp.org -> i18n -> fp' process for PO files
> is tedious for quaid and stickster. This means that translations for Docs will
> happen in the Docs repository, which is much easier for translators (as long as
> they have a Fedora account).
>
> If there is no objection, we can apply the 'cvsl10n' ACLs on the po directory
> right away and test the translator's access. The L10n team will try its best to
> make sure we get as much translations as possible, even if our po files will be
> hosted on a different SCM than the rest of the Fedora apps.
>
>   
I can get started on this soon, are there any objections / questions?

    -Mike




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