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Subject: Re: [RFC] Documentation Freeze Policy
From: Albert Astals Cid <aacid () kde ! org>
Date: 2010-01-11 21:56:34
Message-ID: 201001112156.34246.aacid () kde ! org
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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
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