Re: Translations workflow

2011/5/19 Jean-Philippe Braun <jpbraun-4qZELD6FgxhWk0Htik3J/[email protected]>:
> Le jeudi 19 mai 2011 à 01:01 +0100, Zé a écrit :
>> 2011/5/17 Catalin Florin RUSSEN <cfrussen-/[email protected]>:
>> > JP, I could not express it better!
>> >> First I think that Transifex has to be the main source for translations
>> >> because translations will be submited there
>> > Yes, I agree.
>> >> So basically what I propose is simple :
>> >> translator -> Transifex -> svn -> package -> distrib
>> > Just perfect!
>> >> I said in some other mail, submitting new strings in svn and not in
>> >> Transifex (and the opposite) will diverge the svn and Transifex and
>> >> then, the merge of the two will be painful.
>> > I'll even agree to delete commit rights on SVN for translators and that
>> > everyone stick to Transifex. If someone likes to work offline, no problem!
>> > He/she will download the file from Tx, translate it offline and then upload
>> > it back on Tx! Then let's Tx do the commit job.
>>
>> I really dont like this option, i would like to be able to comit
>> translations in svn and not be forced at all to use transifex, this
>> way i think it still needed to sync transifex with svn, so that all
>> changes commited in svn can be synced in transifex and vice-versa.
>
> Hello,
>
> Technically it is not possible to work that way. Even if there is
> regular sync beetween the svn and Transifex the loss of translations
> risk will be high.
>
> Why don't you want to use Transifex ?
Thats simply more work when it can be easily done locally.

When users are already overloaded with work, why create even more?
I really dont get that thinking way...


>> > Now, I read something about an administration interface where the
>> > coordinators can validate which translations are to be committed by the
>> > daily script. This is very useful when you have to integrate new translators
>> > and validate their skills. So, when we can expect this?
>>
>> I just hope you dont force users to just use transifex that simply not
>> a good policy.
>>
>> > Best regards,
>> > Florin Catalin RUSSEN
>> > Mandriva Romanian Translation Team
>> >
>
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