Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Testing current pootle translation

Hi,

2012/2/24 Jon Lachmann <jon@lachmann.nu>:
> > Pre-release along with language packs are good way to see thetranslation
> > result. However, it is kind of late to see the translationerror in that
> > build. Problems are often caught after final releasebecause of the time to
> > see if translations are well being short.
>
> I think we should have nightly builds, EVERY night. That way we can test out
> new features and new translations on a daily basis insted of just before a new
> release.
>
> > By the way, Key-ID language build
> > will be awesome to help translators find out which string is what we see. It
> > will save considerable time for us. I hope it can be downloaded more easily
> > for translators.
>
> Yes, the KeyID is a great addition, combined with nightly builds of your latest translations i 
> think we might be onto something really good!

It is not realistic to release nightly builds with all languages.
* Translators do not update their language daily
* Tree is not buildable every night
* It takes hours to export files from Pootle
* It takes hours to fix build breaking bugs in translations
* It takes hours to build --with-language=ALL (what platforms do you
want? Linux, Windows, Mac? I guess you want them all. :)
* It takes hours to upload binaries to a public ftp/www server

So, It hink it will not happen anytime soon. On the other hand *you*
can always try to build from the source (only your language), it
requires a few gigabytes of space on hard drive and some time.

Also, TDF releases translated builds quite often. Not nightly, but for
3.5.0 we released a beta, rc or a final version in every 1-2 weeks.
Strings do not change - in theory - in the libreoffice-3-5 brach, and
there will be many releases from that branch, so you can keep
improving translations.

KeyID builds were provided with 3.5 betas. I don't know, if they are
still available somewhere. They will be provided again for 3.6 betas
in a few months.

Best regards,
Andras

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