[zanata-users] Zanata's "translate" instance is unreachable

[Benson Muite]

Unclear if there will be much further activity. Zanata.org is registered 
to Redhat. Code is open though under LGPL, so in principle, one can 
continue with updates and development.

On 4/27/19 11:30 PM, Nedim Laletovic wrote:
> Hello,
> does anybody know who can we contact in regards to the future plans 
> for Zanata, so we can find out if this project is officially dead...
>
> On Sat, Apr 27, 2019 at 8:04 PM Mario Blättermann 
> <mario.blaettermann at gmail.com <mailto:mario.blaettermann at gmail.com>> 
> wrote:
>
>     Hi Frank,
>
>     Am Sa., 27. Apr. 2019 um 16:45 Uhr schrieb Frank Kloeker
>     <eumel at arcor.de <mailto:eumel at arcor.de>>:
>     >
>     > Am 2019-04-27 13:02, schrieb Mario Blättermann:
>     > > Hello,
>     > >
>     > > Berkay Koç <uppercut733 at hotmail.com
>     <mailto:uppercut733 at hotmail.com>> schrieb am Sa., 27. Apr. 2019,
>     > > 12:34:
>     > >
>     > >> It's been a few days since the translate.zanata.org
>     <http://translate.zanata.org> [1] doesn't
>     > >> respond.
>     > >> Me and my team haven't been able to perform any translations
>     since
>     > >> our documents were on that server.
>     > >> What's going on? When will it be open again?
>     > >
>     > > This happened already a few weeks ago, and after a few days
>     the web
>     > > interface was back again.
>     > > But it was very annoying for both translators and project
>     maintainers,
>     > > and for no one of the Zanata admins it was worth a message
>     about the
>     > > reasons why it happened, and when we might expect to use it again.
>     > >
>     > > Some time ago, translation projects (even really big ones)
>     were moved
>     > > from Transifex to Zanata. But given the continuing problems,
>     it would
>     > > be time to think about leaving Zanata. In fact, I can use it
>     only with
>     > > a workaround anyway, because *.ts files from my Qt based
>     project are
>     > > not handled properly. The current up-and-down rhythm of the
>     > > translation interface would then be the second reason to move to
>     > > another platform.
>     >
>     > Please keep in mind there is no Zanata maintenance team anymore.
>     Their
>     > are gone some months ago. There isn't any official statements
>     from IBM
>     > or RedHat about the project status. I wouldn't say, you have to
>     move,
>     > but backup your data on a daily base could ba a good idea :)
>     >
>     Good to know… Indeed, the last commit to the Github repo was
>     almost eight months
>     ago. I should look for an alternative soon. The issue with the not
>     fully
>     supported *.ts files is really annoying enough (all such files will be
>     internally converted into *.po files, and after syncing I have to
>     convert them
>     back), but if I don't know if Zanata tomorrow will be reachable,
>     then it's not
>     mine anymore.
>
>     Best Regards,
>     Mario
>
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