[Translators] VLC on Transifex

[Oleksandr Natalenko]

It would be better to set up Pootle or something exclusively for VLC to
not to spread over different Transifex projects and local po editing
with git merging.

01.05.12 15:33, Christoph Miebach написав(ла):
> Hello!
> 
> I am trying to clarify this. Feel free to ask again at any topics I fail...
> 
> The projects on transifex are not replacing the git version on videolan.
> They are not even automatically pushed upstream. The old way is still
> completely valid and in fact most of the steps will have to be done when
> using transifex.
> 
> However, using transifex might be less work for someone, that's why we
> offer it. You will get the current versions of the files and don't have
> to worry about translating deprecated strings. Maybe you even find
> co-translators that way. But you will not have to use it. I don't even
> know if you like the webinterface better than what you use right now
> (plain text editor or poedit maybe).
> 
> Use case might be:
> -Get the current translation state (from git or from transifex)
> -translate locally (as before)
> -some (original) strings get updated on transifex
> -push your local version to transifex and re-download the merged new
> file back to your local disc (contains your translation and all modified
> strings)
> 
> For a release you can send your file as before or maybe the one
> available from transifex can be used directly. If the headers are broken
> (basically removing translator's names) by transifex some guy at
> videolan would have to repair these headers. So the old way might be
> less work for videolan.
> 
> On 01.05.2012 13:44, Gaëtan Rousseaux wrote:
>>   * First there's a problem with Transifex. It seems that there are two
>>     project for VLC translation, yours and another one:
> 
> There are even more ;-) I set up a new sandbox.
> 
>>     *https://www.transifex.net/projects/p/vlc/*
> 
> I can't say anything to this one, for I am not related.
> 
>>     *https://www.transifex.net/projects/p/vlc-trans/* (with these
>>     languages: English, Turkish,
> [...]
> Adding new (more or less common) languages is very easy. For languages
> that don't exist in transifex it would be a little more difficult.
> This one is in use right now, the existing language teams all include
> the current maintainer.
> 
>>     For both projects, there are three more languages requested, but not
>>     the same for the two projects, so in fact 6 new languages. That's
>>     more than 30 languages until now seperated in two project with
>>     different maintainers. That could generate some troubles.
> 
> The new requests are from transifex translators who found the project
> and like to help. I did not accept this request blindly, for many
> languages already have a maintainer (not all use transifex). I point
> them to the current maintainer to avoid having vlc translated twice
> (avoid double work).
> 
>>   * What happened when an uodate of VLC contains more strings. Do you
>>     merge the former po files in the new one, or should I ask it to
>>     Chrisotphe Mutricy. What I did until now?
> 
> Setting up a new transifex (sub-) project with the current git state is
> very easy and can be done automatically (except the languages not yet
> available at transifex). Check the sandox:
> 
> https://www.transifex.net/projects/p/videolan/
> 
> If the pot file changes, vlc-trans has the newest version within a day
> (checks for updates daily). Merging your old translations is done of
> course (we do not want to throw away good work). If you upload a newer
> version transifex does the merging for you.
> 
> The normal old workflow on merging will not be changed.
> 
> I hope that helps.
> 
> Christoph
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