2009/3/26 Jim Campbell <jwcampb...@ubuntu.com>: > I have refreshed the .pot files that are included as part of the > documentation, and have committed those .pot file refreshes to my bzr > branch, but in examining the translations page of Xubuntu docs, it concerns > me that it looks like people are translating older versions of the > documentation.
The translations at Launchpad / Rosetta are only updated when you upload a version of xubuntu-docs package with updated .pot files included in the source to the Ubuntu archive. Then the build system rips off the .pot file and .po file, and uploads those to Rosetta. In case of UI:s, the PO file translations then automatically come as part of language packs, but for documentation the documentation maintainer has to manually download the translations from Rosetta (there should be an option to translate all languages at once, if you have sufficient privileges at Launchpad) and upload again new package to the archive with the translations included. So if xubuntu-docs source is now ok, it should be uploaded to the archive as a package. Then on or after 9th of April, which is the NonLanguagePackTranslationDeadline, translations should be fetched from Rosetta, translated XML files should be updated in the source with the new PO files and a new xubuntu-docs with all translations included should be done. If you can automate this well enough, the translators could benefit of download PO files - upload .deb cycles also before the deadline, since unfortunately testing documentation in real use is not within every translator's capabilities. (also it would be good practice in general so that it can be found if there is anything wrong with bringing the translations into use) The ubuntu-docs maintainer(s) have also experienced in the past that if the translators make typos in the XML tags, it may bring additional work to the maintainer when a fully translated upload is prepared. -Timo -- ubuntu-translators mailing list ubuntu-translators@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-translators