Re: Annoucement: New translation status page is installed

[Bernd Groh <bgroh redhat com>]

Youcef Rabah Rahal schrieb:

> [snip]
> Again, I have NOTHING against him in particular. As stated above, I'm 
> concerned bu consisteny, QA... Like I said in another email, I'll contact 
> him, no problem. It's just that I wasn't expecting such traffic from a 
> 'simple' request :)

I simply wanted to make sure you understood why I am not going to 
fullfill this request, and it is important to me that you do understand. :)

Best Regards,
Bernd

>  
>
> > What exactly is more important to you, that the translations get done,
> > or that you get some credit?
> >    
>
> QA, consistency, no conflicts...
>
>  
>
> > And no, the po header does only list the 
> > last translator. Some programs keep previous translators in comments,
> > others do not.
> >    
>
> In our team we are keen to keep all the names there (check the translated 
> POs). And I _personally_ check that constantly. There are even the names of 
> people who translated the 7 strings before we started working on it. So 
> everyone is there.
>
>  
>
> > > About the 'human factor': when a new system is installed, it should
> > > consider what was already in place in terms of who was doing what. If
> > > someone comes by chance and fills a blank field because the system is
> > > very recent (and the community is not even aware of such a change yet),
> > > then the responsible should say, 'OK sorry, but there's already a team
> > > translating, why not contact them first ?'.
> > >      
> > You seem to talk about someone, as opposed to the community? Does that
> > mean you do not consider this someone part of the community? What for
> > you is the community?
> >    
>
> Community: people who are already working on something. Someone: a new comer 
> (which will be integrated to the community).
>
>  
>
> > Then there shouldn't be a problem, right? Again, thank you. :)
> >    
>
> :)
>
> Regards,
>
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> Youcef R. Rahal
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