F10 Release Notes PO files

Paul W. Frields stickster at gmail.com
Fri Nov 7 05:16:46 UTC 2008


On Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 10:12:53AM +1000, Noriko Mizumoto wrote:
> Paul W. Frields さんは書きました:
>> On Wed, Nov 05, 2008 at 11:11:28PM -0800, Karsten 'quaid' Wade wrote:
>>> On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 11:08:29AM +1000, Noriko Mizumoto wrote:
>>>
> [snip]
>>> I just did a 'git pull' and this is what I see:
>>>
>>> [kwade at calliope release-notes {master}]$ git log po/pt_BR.po commit 
>>> f3595ce789f269f53a6634688e468f93907717b0
>>> Author: Paul W. Frields <stickster at gmail.com>
>>> Date:   Tue Nov 4 09:35:20 2008 -0500
>>>
>>>     Update POT and PO files
>>> ...
>>>
>>> Where is your commit?
>>>
>>> It is where it belongs, on your machine in your local repository.
>>> Until you do 'git push', you do not merge your local repo to the
>>> remote one.
>> [...snip...]
>>
>> I suspect this is the case -- that Noriko has a local commit that's
>> not been pushed.  Since it's got a "commit test" log message that's
>> probably reasonable.
>>
>> Noriko, it would be helpful if we understood how translators are
>> working?  How do they retrieve POT or PO files?  When and how do they
>> submit their work back to the repository?
>>
>> We will refrain from updating POT or PO further except for scheduled
>> drops, but we should probably develop instructions for translators
>> that will help them make better use of the tools available, and rely
>> less on restrictive manual policies.
>
> Paul, all I was worried about is conflict which used to be common  
> problem when using cvs.
> As per Domingo's mail, I found the fact that no need to worry about  
> conflict since DL and TX look after. This is something I did not know,  
> what a good news.
>
> I am sorry making too big noise.

Does this mean you guys are OK and we can drop POT as planned?  If we
update the POT later for special circumstances, things will be OK then
too?

-- 
Paul W. Frields                                http://paul.frields.org/
  gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233  5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717
  http://redhat.com/   -  -  -  -   http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/
  irc.freenode.net: stickster @ #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #fredlug
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://listman.redhat.com/archives/fedora-trans-list/attachments/20081107/e9d4d676/attachment.sig>


More information about the Fedora-trans-list mailing list