Re: Source L10n for extensions (ChatZilla, venkman and others)

Benjamin Smedberg wrote:
> Gijs Kruitbosch wrote:
> 
>> Yeah. Apparently I didn't respond to Benjamin's point - I'm very much
>> aware there are various technical solutions for presenting a locale
>> extension along with the extension itself - but the real problem, as far
>> as I'm concerned, is if/how AMO is going to find these add-ons.
> 
> Which add-ons? Extension locale packs are not regular extensions that you
> would browse for apart from the extension their localizing... they would be
> tightly associated in the database.
> 
> --BDS

Right, but that'd take considerable effort on the AMO part of things, on 
something which we're just now cooking up as some kind of "standard" or 
whatever you want to call it. (in fact, I'm positive 'standard' is not 
the right name, but it's past midnight and my brain is like mashed 
potatoes at the moment... sorry about that)

I don't think this will be done by the time Fx 3 releases, for instance 
- and possibly not even when SeaMonkey 2 releases. Heck, I'm not even 
sure the AMO people would be willing to add all this complexity at all.

And then, I'm not saying that is a Huge Problem (tm), I'm just being 
cautious in promising this nice storyline about AMO magically finding 
the right bits for you, because I have no clue on AMO's 
readiness/willingness/suitableness to actually do this. Maybe they're 
wildly enthousiastic about it and it will get implemented within the 
next week, maybe they'll stamp the bug as WONTFIX as soon as it gets 
filed, maybe it'll grow to be one of those bugs which sits around for 
several years before anything substantial happens. I don't want to give 
false promises.

~ Gijs