Please try out this: https://github.com/borisheithecker/netbeans-translations-de It's a simple NetBeans module project that adds german translations to the platform. Translations are exclusively taken from the 3rd donation zip, and it's evident that they are incomplete. However, all license headers have been fixed and adapted to Apache 2.0. It needs some more refinement, but I think this could be the way we proceed with the translations. Boris
On Thu, 25 Jul 2019 at 13:54, Geertjan Wielenga <[email protected]> wrote: > That’s a great approach to take. One language at a time. > > Gj > > On Thu, 25 Jul 2019 at 12:41, Boris Heithecker <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > If we create localisation support step by step in accordance with demand > > and willingness to contribute by those who want to use the individual > > languages, I propose to reuse the donated bundles in a different > approach. > > The approach is, create and publish localisation support as plug-ins for > > each language separately. > > I've had an hour spare time this morning, and I've got a german language > > plug-in (nbm) to work ready for NetBeans 11.1. Technically, this is no > > difficult task, but the license issue remains. But, of course, fixing one > > language is much less work than 25. All of it can be documented in > > Confluence. > > If proceeding this way, then there's no need to integrate the language > part > > of the 3rd donation into the main repository. We'd rather create a > separate > > one on GitHub. > > Boris > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 24 Jul 2019 at 11:45, Geertjan Wielenga <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > I reckon if excluding some languages will simplify things, go ahead and > > > just do so. When people complain about any of the missing languages, > > we’ll > > > say to them: ‘great, now it’s time for you to get involved with us on > > > figuring this out’. > > > > > > I.e., make it as simple as possible and exclude any problematic > languages > > > for the moment, better to get something completed partly than nothing > at > > > all. > > > > > > Gj > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 24 Jul 2019 at 11:42, Boris Heithecker < > [email protected] > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > I've started to work on the language bundles again, and I'm still > stuck > > > > with the license conversion. Although having made several > improvements > > > and > > > > adaptions to the license categorization and conversion tool available > > at > > > > https://github.com/apache/netbeans-tools/tree/master/convert, it > still > > > > outputs about these numbers > > > > "cddl, unrecognized file: 1324 > > > > no cddl license: 33876" > > > > The problems are corrupted files, typos, old Sun licenses not > converted > > > for > > > > Oracle, or missing license headers. Some bundles contain more > corrupted > > > > files, other less. > > > > > > > > Before continuing this work, it would be good to know if users really > > > need > > > > all potentially available locales. There are 25 locales left, after > > > having > > > > already deleted some of them which were originally present in the > > donated > > > > zip. I've removed those bundles where I could determine by myself > that > > no > > > > work had been done on them except starting a localisation project by > > > > copying the default. (For example, the Bundle ta (Tamil) did not > > contain > > > a > > > > single Tamil character, so I removed it). However, there are, for > > > example, > > > > bundles for ca (Catalan) or gl_ES (galician) which require a lot of > > work > > > > and I think we should determine the demand for before tackling it. > > Also, > > > I > > > > can't easily check the implementation status of these languages. > > > > > > > > How could we start a vote? > > > > > > > > Can I get permissions to start a page in Confluence on the status of > > this > > > > conversion, listing among others the donated language bundles? > > > > > > > > Boris > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Boris Heithecker > > > > > > > > > > > > Dr. Boris Heithecker > > > > Lüneburger Str. 30 > > > > 28870 Ottersberg > > > > Festnetz: +49 4205 315834 > > > > Mobil: +49 170 6137015 > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Boris Heithecker > > > > > > Dr. Boris Heithecker > > Lüneburger Str. 30 > > 28870 Ottersberg > > Festnetz: +49 4205 315834 > > Mobil: +49 170 6137015 > > > -- Boris Heithecker Dr. Boris Heithecker Lüneburger Str. 30 28870 Ottersberg Festnetz: +49 4205 315834 Mobil: +49 170 6137015
