[MonoDevelop] Call to translators: MonoDevelop 2.0 string freeze is here!

[Lluis Sanchez Gual]

El dc 25 de 02 de 2009 a les 12:13 -0500, en/na "Andrés G. Aragoneses"
va escriure:
> Thanks, I'll have the Spanish(es) translation ready this weekend.
> 
> BTW, maybe we should do 2 string-freezes? Let me explain: it's pretty
> usual that while making a translation, the translator finds typos in the
> original strings, but at this time they cannot be fixed because of the
> string freeze.
> 
> So why not doing this:
> - String freeze tentative: post a message on the mailing-list and the
> first translator that replies will be the only and first one that works
> on a translation.
> - After and having reported all typos, and committed the first
> translation, the real string freeze happens for the rest of
> translations, posting a subsequent call in the mailing list.

I like the idea. Let's consider this the tentative string freeze. We'll
do another call after releasing beta 2.


> 
> Just my 2c!
> 
> 	Andrés
> 
> 
> Michael Hutchinson wrote:
> > Dear Translators and Committers,
> > 
> > MonoDevelop is now string-frozen for release. No changes should be
> > made to the translatable strings without careful review and extremely
> > good reasons. This freeze applies to trunk until 2.0 is branched, and
> > will apply to the 2.0 branch indefinitely.
> > 
> > This means its time to start translating MonoDevelop for the 2.0 release!
> > 
> > Procedure is the same as before, but I'll run through it for
> > newcomers. before beginning a translation, please reply to the list
> > with your intentions, so we don't have duplicated efforts.
> > 
> > I've committed up-to-date version of all the .po files to MonoDevelop
> > main in SVN. Either use an up-to-date SVN checkout, or grab the
> > appropriate .po file from
> > http://anonsvn.mono-project.com/viewvc/trunk/monodevelop/main/po.
> > * To edit the .po file, you can open the MonoDevelop solution in
> > MonoDevelop, find the "po" project, and edit the translation using our
> > editor. Alternatively you can use any po editor or text editor to edit
> > the po file.
> > * To add a new translation from within MonoDevelop, use the context
> > menu on the "po" project. If you are doing this manually, make a copy
> > of messages.po, rename it to match your language code, and add it to
> > the lists in the Makefile.am and the po.mdproj file.
> >  * To test the translation, build MonoDevelop (using either
> > MonoDevelop itself or "make"), ensure that you have set the
> > appropriate LANGUAGE/LANG environment variable, and run MonoDevelop
> > using the Run button or "make run".
> > 
> > Several of the addins in extras/ have been set up with po files.
> > Procedure for these is similar, though I have not finished updating
> > them yet.
> > 
> > When you are done, please commit your translation if you have SVN
> > commit access, or email your translation directly to me, or attach it
> > to a bug report at http://bugzilla.novell.com.
> > 
> > Thank you for you contributions!
> > 
> 
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