[Pkg-isocodes-devel] Submit pot file to TP before release?

[Tobias Toedter]

On Tuesday 17 October 2006 13:57, Abel Cheung wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Currently it seems that translation templates are submitted to TP
> _only_ after the tarballs are made. That means people submitting
> translation through TP will always be at least one release behind
> the newest one. How about sending .pot file to TP people after
> string freeze (if there is one) but before releasing tarball, so that
> translators can update iso-codes in time through TP as well?

Hi,

the whole purpose of the iso-codes package is to provide translations, so 
there is no real "string freeze". The strings are mostly frozen anyway, 
unless the ISO agency changes some names of countries/languages/currencies.

The TP currently requires a tarball, which they can download to extract the 
POT files. It would not make much sense for us to prepare a tarball for 
a "release candidate" or similar, because almost nothing in the package 
changes -- except the occasional string updates, and, more importantly, 
updates of translations.

We're currently releasing a new version of iso-codes roughly once a month. 
So even if you've missed our last release, you can always update your 
translation. We are more than happy to include your work in the next 
release (not far away), then you'll be automatically up-to-date.

Does this answer your question?

Regards,
Tobias

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Tobias Toedter   | "To be is to do"  -- Plato
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