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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: [RFC] Moving out KDE3 stuff out of trunk
From:       Nicolas Goutte <nicolasg () snafu ! de>
Date:       2006-05-07 12:10:01
Message-ID: 200605071410.02122.nicolasg () snafu ! de
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On Sunday 07 May 2006 00:20, Renato Pavičić - Translator-shop wrote:
> Hello Nicolas,
>
> Erm, what does this mean, regarding comit procedure and files to
> translate? No more commit to trunk?
>
> Currently I have more translated stuff in trunk than in stable. Should
> I move all to stable? Or to new unstable3?

It depends more or less how you want to continue. KDE4 translation will be in 
trunk/l10n in some future anyway, whatever my proposal is accepted or not.

>

> (maybe I missed) what will be new format of lng files in KDE4? Still
> PO?

For KDE4, the format will be PO files in the kind of Gettext 0.15, which 
allows contexts.

Have a nice day!

>
> Saturday, May 6, 2006, 9:43:17 PM, you wrote:
> > I suppose that it is time to start to move out KDE3 stuff from trunk
> > before it starts to conflict with the development KDE4, especially
> > starting by moving out trunk/l10n to be able to get a step further for
> > the new KDE4 translations.
> >
> > I propose that a branch branches/unstable3 should be created to keep all
> > KDE3 stuff that is currently in trunk. (The idea includes that there will
> > be a branches/stable3 that will replace branches/stable when it would be
> > needed for KDE4.)
> >
> > I propose the following plan in 4 phases:
> >
> > 1. Create the branch branches/unstable3
> > 2. Copy trunk/l10n to branches/unstable3/l10n
> > 3. Create an unstable KDE3 in branches/unstable3/KDE (copied from
> > branches/stable/KDE )
> > 4. Moving the rest of the KDE3 stuff out of trunk.
> >
> > The time plan is more or less:
> > - phase 1 within a few hours after the decision
> > - phase 2 within a few days
> > - phase 3 within a few weeks
> > - phase 4 within a few months
> >
> > Notes:
> > - Phase 1 needs to be done by somebody having enough karma to create a
> > directory in branches
> > - I could do phase 2 (including needed changes for Scripty).
> > - Phase 3 means also copying the documentation from trunk/KDE. (That is
> > why this phase is part of this proposed plan.)
> > - Phase 4 might need to be split too if kdenonbeta, playgrounds and
> > unstable extragears should be not changed in one go.
> >
> > The branches/unstable3/KDE could be the start of a KDE 3.6 (after KDE4),
> > if such a project would become concrete somehow. (If not, it would not be
> > difficult to delete it when it would really evident that there would not
> > be any KDE 3.6.)
> >
> > As for Scripty, doing this plan completely would probably mean that we
> > have to change Scripty to make it work in two days: one day for
> > processing KDE3 stuff and the other one for KDE4 stuff.
> >
> > Have a nice day!

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