Hi, What about gnome-main-menu [1]? Is it still proposed (I may have missed something)? What's the i18n teams take on it?
Thanks Don [1] http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2006-October/msg00221.html On Tue, 2006-12-12 at 21:12 +0100, Danilo Šegan wrote: > Hi all, > > This is my evaluation (with GTP spokesperson hat on) of the Gnome > modules which are proposed for inclusion in 2.18. It's based only on > the perceived "localizability" of the app, usually untested, but > judging by the strings in the PO files, and how comfortable will GTP > in working with them. > > I didn't evaluate anything else. If I failed in being objective (no > doubt I did :), please point that out if you think it will affect > final 'score'. > > Legend: > - No objections: no objections whatsoever to including it > - No strong objections: all objections can be easily addressed in > 2.18 timeframe > - Strong objections: it's doubtful objections can be addressed in > time for 2.18; for modules listed below, it means they use outside > SVN and I doubt they'd be willing to switch over to Gnome CVS > > Short evaluation: > No objections: devhelp, NetworkManager > No strong objections: Anjuta, Glade3, tracker, seahorse > Strong objections: GnomeScan, MonoDevelop > > Read below for details. > > > DESKTOP > > = gnomescan = > > Strong objection to including it. > > It seems to support l10n, but it's outside of Gnome CVS. Strings are > otherwise fine and there seem not to be any common problems with them. > The only big problem is that it's not using Gnome CVS. > > My recommendation would be to NOT include it UNLESS it's moved to > Gnome CVS before the January 15th (so translators would actually have > the time to work on it aside from string freeze period). Of course, > if it's not moved at all, I would strongly oppose to including it in > Gnome from I18N perspective. > > Only 4 translations, but the module seems small enough (~100 > messages). > > No docs, so no gnome-doc-utils usage concerns. > > > = NetworkManager = > > No objections. > > It uses Gnome CVS, is i18n-enabled, and everything seems to work > fine. Based on i18n-merits, it IS recommended for inclusion. > > 23 languages with over 95% of a total of 192 strings translated. > > No docs, so no gnome-doc-utils usage concerns. > > > = sea-horse = > > No strong objections. > > It uses Gnome CVS, is i18n-enabled, and everything seems to work > fine. Based on i18n-merits, it IS recommended for inclusion. > > 6 translations above 50%, total of 745 messages. > seahorse-0-8 branch is better with 16 translations of >=98%, and a > total of 527 messages (if translators would merge this into HEAD, it > would probably be much better). > > Docs are using gnome-doc-utils (this is a good thing :), and they add > another 303 messages to translation. > > > = tracker = > > No strong objections. > > It uses Gnome CVS, there is some i18n support, but it hasn't been > announced for translation (so no status pages). > > Only 3 translations, but the file is reasonably small (<100 messages). > > Docs seem to be only available as man pages, and we don't support > localizing them easily at the moment (if they used XML as a source > format, it would be much easier). > > > DEVTOOLS > > All of devhelp, anjuta and glade3 sit in the Gnome CVS. MonoDevelop > is outside, so that's a big concern. DevHelp and Anjuta have been > long-time Gnome modules, and they have reasonable translation support. > > = Anjuta = > > No strong objections. > > Anjuta POTFILES.in hasn't been updated recently, so that might be a > concern. Otherwise, there are ~1700 messages (pretty large module) > for translation, with 10 languages over 80%. > > Docs seem not to be ported over to gnome-doc-utils, so that's another > i18n concern. > > = DevHelp = > > No objections. > > Small module (62 messages) with 21 languages over 80%. No docs so no > concern over gnome-doc-utils usage there. > > = Glade3 = > > No strong objections. > > Uses Gnome CVS, messages seem fine. 739 messages for translation, but > with only 4 languages over 75%. I am hoping some of old Glade > translations can be reused (~1300 msgs, 30 languages with >=80% > translations). > > It uses gnome-doc-utils for the docs, so that's another plus. > > = MonoDevelop = > > Strong objection. > > It's i18n-enabled, and uses gettext PO files for translation, which is > a good thing. There seems to be a placeholder documentation which is > not using gnome-doc-utils (but it doesn't matter much since it's a > placeholder, i.e. not real document). > > The big problem is that it's not using Gnome CVS for development, > which is a serious barrier to GTP work (see gnomescan evaluation > above). > > POTFILES.in also seems to be out of date (some 200 messages are > missing, out of 1336 messages total), and there are 12 languages with > ~1000 messages translated. > > This might still be a bigger problem then expected, since it's a large > module and former translation teams might use different terminology > from Gnome translation teams. > > > Cheers, > Danilo > _______________________________________________ > desktop-devel-list mailing list > desktop-devel-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list _______________________________________________ gnome-i18n mailing list gnome-i18n@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-i18n