Re: webmin translations status

Hi Jamie,

Em Tue, Oct 11, 2005 at 12:48:00PM +0000, Jamie Cameron escreveu:
> Hi Guys,
> I don't want to change the format of the Webmin translation files unless there is some advantage of the po format over my current text format. Switching to po would introduce a dependency on another library, which I try to avoid whereever possible.

OK.

> However, perhaps some simple programs could be written to convert
> between Webmin's format and the .po file format? That would allow other
> translation programs to be used..

Exactaly. We already have that scripts (and skolelinux have as well). So
we'll continue using them, mainly for pt_BR and fr translations.

The main question is if we should add these PO files in the webmin
translation project itself.

I was considering to include them into Mandriva i18n effort, but
since webmin already has its own translation effort, we should
avoid duplicated work. So I propose to make the PO files available
to translators. I think we can continue to use both types if someone
prefer the old one. The scripts take care of merging, etc.

What do you think? 

Wanderlei Antonio Cavassin
Mandriva Linux


>  - Jamie
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> From:  Martin Mewes <mm-hgE/[email protected]>
> Subj:  Re: [webmin-trans] webmin translations status
> Date:  Tue 11 Oct 2005 2:03 am
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> To:  [email protected]
> cc:  Jamie Cameron <[email protected]>
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Wanderlei Antonio Cavassin <cavassin-4qZELD6FgxhWk0Htik3J/[email protected]> wrote :
> 
> >    I've googled today about this, finding this list, the
> > call for quality and noticed po-webmin from skolelinux.
> > What's the status of po use for webmin translation?
> >
> >    Personaly, I think webmin should change its tanslation
> > framework to gettext. If this is not possible, we should
> > really push use of this intermediate tools. I propose to
> > merge our scripts with skolelinux ones. What do you think?
> 
> As the former translation co-ordinator I am happy to see something else 
> on this list. Normally there are only update notices from Jamie and 
> myself regarding new webmin/usermin development versions to translate.
> Obviously this list is somewhat dead and close to be closed down 
> completely.
> 
> I remember the day when skolelinux mentioned they are using po-files for 
> translation and as WTCO I thought this would be a good thing because 
> the strings to translate are getting more and more. Using a GUI may 
> would other folks getting on board here.
> 
> Then Emmanuel Saracco invented the wbmtranslator [1] which is a GUI 
> within Webmin to translate stuff very easily and if I recall correctly 
> the main problem on this item was, that the structures to use po-files 
> (or something else) must be done within the software itself.
> 
> I have CCed Jamie Cameron on this item, because he is the main person to 
> decide on techniques here. I think he can shed a light on this item 
> better.
> 
> [1] http://wbmtranslator.labs.libre-entreprise.org/
> 
> bis dahin/kind regards
> 
> Martin Mewes
> 
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