It doesnt matter at all. I have resources to distribute my native language version by myself. I dont have resources to follow this insane QA prodedure. Only a bit pity that all users who visit Openoffice.org main website will have a false imagination that there is no oo.o version in particular language.
ain On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 22:06, Sophie <sgautier....@free.fr> wrote: > Resent with the good adress and to l10n@ also, sorry. > Hi Bernard, > Bernard Marcelly wrote: >> >> Hi, >> IMHO translation work is probably too cautious, and this hinders usage of >> OpenOffice.org. >> >> Take swedish (sv) or spanish (es) languages : >> - There is no full package available for 3.1.1, only version 3.1.0. >> - The langpacks for 3.1.1 have not been released. >> - But langpacks are available as 3.1.1RC2. So power users can install OOo >> 3.1.1 in these languages, and be happy. >> >> Take italian (it) language : >> - Full packages are released for 3.1.1 >> - Langpacks for 3.1.1 are *not* released. >> - But langpacks are available as 3.1.1RC2. >> I don't understand why the full package is released but not the langpack. >> >> I don't understand why a langpack in RC2 stays unreleased. >> RC2 means that it seems good enough for public tests. If there are some >> strings not yet translated, or badly translated, this does not prevent from >> using OpenOffice.org as a whole. If a user does not master one of the >> published languages, it is better than nothing. And then users of this >> language will find and report residual errors. > > This is not a matter of strings not translated, but of the stability of the > version as Joost mentioned. > > Releasing or not releasing as stable has always been a difficult choice. > User that faces a not fully functional version or version that crashes may > never come back to OOo, however if you don't release the version, you will > miss testers and their feedback. > > We have already seen language specific bugs and for that have decided that a > version or language pack that is not tested should not become public. OOo > has a QA process even for localized version, this what we have agreed on > several times ago. > > I've offered my help to each l10n team to help them in this process, it is > still valid my time is still dedicated to these teams because it will give > more visibility to their versions if they are on the main network, but also, > and more important to my eyes, to their teams and the work they have done. > > Kind regards > Sophie > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@l10n.openoffice.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@l10n.openoffice.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@l10n.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@l10n.openoffice.org
