[Mythtv-translators] Theme strings...

gilles74 gillessoixantequatorze at orange.fr
Sun Aug 26 08:24:52 UTC 2012


hi Nicolas,

I agree that. It's not a big problem if the new string number is overstate (30 maximum)

but you know I disagree if it is to translate a complete theme.

Thank for you good job

Gilles

> Hi!
> 
> Some themes we translate recently had some of their strings changed by 
> their authors (the most noticeable ones are the theme descriptions, the 
> rest are mostly templates).
> 
> When this happens would you like us to update the theme strings so that 
> you can translate them or do we leave them untranslatable? If we apply 
> the full string freeze to the letter they should not be updated but not 
> letting you translate them if you wanted to is not exactly a very good 
> solution either...
> 
> Assuming we updated them it's quite possible that other strings would 
> become untranslated during the life of the next release (0.26) and it's 
> quite likely that some strings are still left untranslated in the 
> application so these strings are most likely not the only ones who are 
> or will end up untranslated so what is your take on this, should we 
> update the theme strings in a situation such as this one or not?
> 
> I am planning to communicate with the themers (theme authors) to make 
> them aware of the problem this is causing us when strings are updated 
> that late in the release process (and other similar matters), we really 
> need to make them aware of those issues so that we can try to avoid them...
> 
> I could make another patch like the one I did for one of us who wanted 
> to translate MythMediaStream but if you wanted to have one last string 
> update it would be simpler for all of us since it would be the same 
> normal translation process we are all used to and would not involved 
> patching around...
> 
> Thank you and have a nice day!
> 
> Nicolas
> 
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