From kde-i18n-doc  Mon Jan 11 21:56:34 2010
From: Albert Astals Cid <aacid () kde ! org>
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:56:34 +0000
To: kde-i18n-doc
Subject: Re: [RFC] Documentation Freeze Policy
Message-Id: <201001112156.34246.aacid () kde ! org>
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-i18n-doc&m=126324708706419

A Dilluns 11 Gener 2010 17:40:56, Burkhard Lück va escriure:
> Hello translators,
> 
> techbase.kde.org/Schedules says about doc freeze (usually around 9 weeks
> before tagging a major release like 4.x.0):
> 
> 1) "Documentation/Handbook Freeze
> No more substantive changes to documentation or handbooks after this date.
> Typos, spelling and simple grammar changes are permitted."
> 
> The second sentence should be changed to something like:
> "Exception: Typo, spelling fixes and simple grammar changes are permitted
>  until RC1 but you have to mail kde-i18n-doc saying you made such a
>  change."
> 
> Then it is similar to the current Message Freeze policy.

Seems sane.

> 
> Additionally I'd like to discuss extensions to this documentation freeze
> policy and propose to add these rules:
> 
> 2) Backport to branch (only by the kde-i18n-doc team):
> 
> 2a) Backports of documentation changes from trunk are allowed in the first
>  week after tagging a major/minor release.
> 
> 2b) Backports from trunk are allowed at any time for applications without
> documentation or with a dummy documentation.
> 
> An example for an app without doc is e.g. the attica control modul new in
> 4.4.0 or kaddressbook, e.g. karbon has only a useless dummy doc ("The
> documentation for &karbon14; was not finished when &kde; was installed on
>  this computer...").
> 
> Rule 2a) is not really new, it only describes what we did in 3.5.x, 4.0.x,
> 4.1.x, 4.2.x and 4.3.x already around 15 times with up to ~1000 strings for
> each backport.
> Afaik all these backports worked well, none complained here.
> 
> And Rule 2b) is a benefit for everybody:
> - if a team can translate the new doc, users will have a doc in their
>  language - if a team can't translate it, users get at least a
>  documentation in english In any case we will ship a better release for our
>  users.
> 
> The backports have to be controlled by the kde-i18n-doc team, simply
>  because I had to revert too many doc freeze breaking commits from people
>  not understanding/respecting the freeze policy in the last years.
> 
> But this new policy - if accepted - should be communicated to the whole
> community; escpecially to our devel, usually excusing a missing documention
> update with <quote>I was too busy to make the code ready for 4.x.0; and
> therefore missed the deadline for doc updates; and sadly now I can't update
> for branch anymore...</quote>.
> 
> Objections/Comments/Improvements please.
> 

Seems sane to me.

Albert