-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05/06/2013 08:49 PM, Simon wrote: > If we decide to do so we have to come up with a threshold up to > which translations are accepted (e.g. 95% of the strings have a > valid translation, so 5% fuzzy or untranslated). This certainly > needs to be discussed thoroughly. > > So, please, any comments!
I'd say that any program, not just darktable, should exclude partial translations from releases. Keep them enabled in the repo, in nightlies, perhaps even in RCs, but not in final releases. Not in anything seen by the end user. It will make the program (and not just the translation of the program, but the program itself) seem half-finished, made by sloppy authors, which might, of course, very well not be the case. The question is, of course, where to draw the line. What's a partial translation, and what's not. I only just submitted a (very) partial Danish translation of darktable (571 translated strings of ~1600, see other mail from today). I wouldn't expect to see that in any final release of darktable. In fact, I'd expect NOT to see it. With other OSS programs that I maintain Danish translations of, I aim to "always" keep the amount of translated strings near 100% by doing many, small submissions. IMO, the line has to be drawn somewhere in between. But where? As someone else points out, a simple percentage might not tell the whole story; perhaps the majority of missing strings are tool tips and various exotic error messages, and perhaps they're the entire main window (or, maybe even worse, half of it). What about drawing the line at 95% (or 90% as also suggested), and see which languages are excluded. Perhaps even post the list here. Have (people here have) a look at them and see if it's ok to exclude those languages in releases. If not, lower the percentage. If more languages need exclusion, set the percentage higher. Just my two cents. Thomas -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJRiB/yAAoJECuLYbT82XOuWPsH/3I8PXG0u5jDbUyH6/oLmORF wYtfoA5fk5TSbBKmeTM9lcTSM+jRFlO1RYzD5CzaJiKxzMH+piWGTl03G1eSoab+ HRCLddbXpJLLyqpsC7QTyVrrsa9IALeiY9FNl5IagFA94lHRCJcXtffMOMWn+WAx rj+AC6z9v7BrOy/Z/ztUlk8e73f8dAaZBG9NHJOd9rYkw9arleF4/eqX/z/pn5Pf 2ep5GCg3EtCE8lPuv1PufNSFnuEa5Dd57fn6ZQ9pINmyaYvMwR4rSzRpcGNPwSkp +T8wwgccVpF3npKVI7oLt8XYRmgVHF0XIDCArGMqHuVAX5vRhpTDRZn23xBuF9E= =yTwd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. This 200-page book is written by three acclaimed leaders in the field. The early access version is available now. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/neotech_d2d_may _______________________________________________ darktable-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/darktable-devel
