[Translators] Possibility to have "realtime" updated .pot file for VLC development version (desktop)?

[Yaron Shahrabani]

VLC is using GitLab, let's try and create such a feature, even if it won't
be straightforward we can still use a feature branch and use it for
translation.

I think that VLC has some Docker scripts for building their products, maybe
we can try and use this repository to push the pot while the project is
building.

Great idea, is anyone here familiar with what I've mentioned and want to
assist?
Yaron Shahrabani

<DevOps - Hebrew translator>



On Fri, Dec 4, 2020 at 7:04 AM Thomas De Rocker <thomasderocker at outlook.com>
wrote:

> Hello
>
> I have a question about the possibility to translate the VLC (desktop) *development
> version* in *realtime*. Right now, the VLC 3.0 .pot file hasn't been
> updated in quite some time. I fear that when the .pot file for 4.0 will be
> generated, translators will have lots of work at once. We also can't test
> translations because we need an updated .pot to be able to generate them.
>
> In Audacity for example, the same question was asked because some
> translators like to work in a more continuous way, independent of string
> freezes. One of the Italian translators, Michele Locati, created a GitHub
> project that automatically updates the Audacity source .pot every day. He
> used GitHub actions to automate this (see attached pdf for more information
> if you're interested). Transifex imports that file, enabling very fast
> translation updates.
>
> In short:
>
>    - can the vlc development .pot be updated more frequently (weekly,
>    monthly)? Could this be automated?
>    - can the Transifex project add an extra resource file (vlc
>    development .pot, additional to the current vlc 3.0 maintenance .pot)?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Thomas De Rocker - Dutch translator
>
>
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