Hi Tirifto, 

Yes, Zanata was considered when we have searched for an "user-friendly way" to 
make translations. 
But at this time, Zanata hosting and interface were inadequat in this area, and 
for our needs. 

For Transifex note: it's not the only way to contribute: as you've just done 
you can send modified i18n sources files, all are made in plain text. 

Now Transifex is like Github: the hosting code is proprietary and close, but 
they gives support in some ways to the work. 
As this done without limiting us, I think it's acceptable (after all, we can 
work without them, but more people known github/transifex than SFL... well for 
now :-D). 

For sure, we don't know what the future will be ;-) 

Thanks for your comments! 

-- 
Guillaume 

----- Le 25 Jan 16, à 16:32, User Tirifto <[email protected]> a écrit : 

> Hello everyone!
> I have not been following the development of Ring for a long time, so I don't
> know what led to some of the more recent decisions. I tried to search in the
> archives, but didn't find anything. If there has already been
> question/discussion on the subject here, I apologise for duplicating.

> Since some time ago, Ring project appears to invite people to help with
> translations on Transifex. May I ask what were the reasons you picked 
> Transifex
> as your translation platform? From what I know, Transifex is a proprietary
> service that also employs non-free JavaScript on the web.

> Personally, I have used the mailing list to contribute translations, and I'm
> glad I can do that, but it would still be very nice if Ring embraced and
> promoted free programs as the main means of contribution. I've been told that
> Zanata was also considered. What were the drawbacks of it and the reasons it
> was not used in the end?

> Whatever the situation is, I hope the platform might be changed in the future.
> May Ring keep getting more awesome!

> Regards,
> Tirifto

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