Update po files

[Matthew East]

Hi,

On 19 December 2011 10:11, Hannie Dumoleyn <lafeber-dumoleyn2 at zonnet.nl> wrote:
> Although I am aware of the fact that there is not yet a string freeze for
> ubuntu-docs (Precise), would it be possible to update the .po files in LP on
> a regular basis? This would make our translation work more effective. To
> push changed files to lp:ubuntu-docs only takes a few minutes, but perhaps
> updating the po files on LP is another story.

We will try to update the pot file more regularly in future. But see below.

> When we translate strings here:
> https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise/+source/ubuntu-docs/+pots/ubuntu-help/nl/,
> the translations will be lost as soon as the English string changes. And
> since I came upon quite a few typos so far (which appear to have been
> corrected now), many translations will be lost.
> The reason why we start translating Precise now, instead of waiting for the
> string freeze, is that it is a very large document. The earlier we can
> start, the better. We stopped translating the oneiric version because, by
> the time it is finished, Precise will be on its way.

You have chosen to translate on the Ubuntu package, rather than on the
ubuntu-docs project, which is where translations should really take
place. That means that the pot template may not be as up to date as on
the ubuntu-docs project. We can update the ubuntu-docs project simply
by updating the pot file in our bzr branch, whereas the Ubuntu package
is more difficult to update, as it requires an upload of the package.

I understand that the reason you have done this is that translations
were not enabled on the ubuntu-docs project for precise. That is
intentional, because things can still change. What you really should
be doing is translating the oneiric version, because those
translations can be added both to oneiric and to precise (we sync
translations from the previous version). Then in precise you only need
to translate the new strings.

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Matthew East
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