Developers of Sympa

[Olivier Salaün <address@concealed>]

Hi Olivier,

Olivier Berger a écrit :
> [...]
> > 2. Concurrence between stable and development translations
> >     
> Why not have as many sets of translations as there are versions out
> there, separate from each other ?
>
> ... And let the translators propagate their translations as they see
> fit. It's not that complex to use a diff/merge tool, isn't it ?
>
>   
We have experienced this organization when Sympa translations were 
handled via the Rosetta translation service 
(<https://launchpad.net/rosetta>). They are maintaining branches and 
versions for translations. We consider it's not the appropriate solution 
because translators are a specific kind of contributors ; they are not 
computing people. For these category of contributors, tools need to be 
as simple as possible : simple login procedure, simple GUI, forget about 
commits, forget about branches.

Actually the new organization we have adopted for managing PO catalogs 
seems appropriate : the PO catalog on pootle.sympa.org gathers all 
translations from the current development branch and from the latest 
stable branch. Translators don't have to bother about versions and 
branches, they just wish to contribute and eventually use their 
contribution on their own site.
> I must admit I got bored of trying to understand the details of the
> current process you described... it seems I'm probably suggesting
> something too stupid, so feel free to ignore my response on that second
> one.
>   
I can understand that the provided details were not of interest to all 
of you, but we wanted to let you know about these changes.