Re: S2_6 d3f

On 28 February 2016 at 15:34, Marko Lindqvist <[email protected]> wrote:
>  Freeciv S2_6 will have its datafile formats frozen 09-Mar-16. While
> there will be no release associated with this milestone of the 2.6
> development, lets remind ourselves about the fact that there is a lot
> of string changes between major versions such as 2.5 and 2.6, so for
> some translators it might suit better to start translating 2.6
> already, rather than to wait the week of string freeze just before the
> release.
>  While not a release, hopefully there's going to be a snapshot build
> for Windows soon after d3f to provide Windows-using modpack authors
> means of testing their 2.6 content.
>
>  I've just refreshed po-files in
> http://download.gna.org/freeciv/packages/windows/testing/cazfi/translations/
>  There has been some string changes in S2_5 since previous release.

 Today I have updated those po-files for all active branches (S2_5,
S2_6, TRUNK) again.

>  If translating S2_6-specific string at this point seems like too
> early, updating S2_5 translations would benefit both future S2_5
> releases and, when msgmerged to later branches, also S2_6. This is
> true especially with 'nations' translation domain, as those strings
> are identical in S2_5 and S2_6 (and even current TRUNK).
>
>  We have not set date for 2.5.4 release yet, but it will certainly be
> released before final 2.6.0 (If I had to guess, I'd say that
> 2.6.0-beta1 comes before 2.5.4, though)

 Good thing I didn't make such a guess. We now hope to make 2.5.4
release during May, and it seems that 2.6.0-beta1 wont be out until
autumn.
 We are not yet in string freeze for 2.5.4 release, but it might make
sense to make the bulk of translation already and during the freeze
update translation only for the strings that still have changed - if
there's any such strings.



 - ML

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