[Sugar-devel] Attn maintainers Re:Pootle and POT files

Walter Bender walter.bender at gmail.com
Sun Aug 7 22:49:50 EDT 2011


On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 10:40 PM, Chris Leonard <cjlhomeaddress at gmail.com> wrote:
> All,
>
> There is a widely held belief that Pootle takes care of updating the
> POT files in git and updating the Templates on Poolte.  This is not
> entirely accurate.
>
> The fact is that there is nothing in the Pootle code itself that does
> this automatically.  This automagical updating used to occur, but it
> was handled by scripts that Sayamindu had created to make it occur.
> These scripts have not been functioning for some time, probably since
> the last Pootle upgrade.  We will look at re-establishing this
> functionality in conjunction with an upcoming upgrade of the Pootle
> version, but for now, if a developer makes UI string changes it is
> necessary for them to regenerate the POT file and commit it to git and
> then notify the Translation Team (me) to pull the changes up to Pootle
> with a Template "Upgrade from VCS" where they can then be distributed
> to languages with an "Update from templates".

Should we update (at least temporarily)
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Translation_Team/i18n_Best_Practices#Do_not_touch_anything_inside_your_po_directory
>
> In order to catch up and establish a solid baseline for the upcoming
> 0.94 Sugar release, we have been asking activity maintainers to
> refresh and recommit their POT files.  The follow list describes those
> completed and those that still need a refresh.
>
> If you are a maintainer of an activity on the "needs refresh" list,
> please regenerate the POT and commit it to git.
>
> Fructose (refreshed)
> chat
> imageviewer
> jukebox
> log
> pippy
> read-
> terminal
> turtleart
> write
>
> Fructose (needs refresh)
> calculate
> web-activity (browse)
>
> Honey (refreshed)
> abacus
> cartoonbuilder
> flipsticks
> get_ia_books
> infoslicer
> jigsaw-puzzle
> joke-machine
> oficina
> paths
> portfolio
> read-sd-comics
> readetexts
> * ruler
> slider-puzzle
> speak
> TamTamSuite
> viewslides
> visualmatch
>
> * git updated, still working on Pootle update
>
> Honey (needs refresh)
> acoustic-measure (distance)

Just finished up the work on this. Rafael should be able to get you a new POT.

> analyze
> arithmetic
> calendario
> clock
> colors
> finance-activity
> fototoon
> get_books
> gogo
> hellomesh
> hmouse
> implode
> kandid
> karma_6_english_animalidentification
> labyrinth
> mateton
> maze
> measure

pushed to git

> memorize
> moon
> physics
> PlayGo
> poll-builder
> pydebug
> record
> stopwatch
> story-builder
> sugar-commander
> typingturtle
> watch-listen
> words
>
> Thank you for your attention to this matter.
>
> cjl
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