Re: External projects using gnome for translation?

[Christian Rose <menthos gnome org>]

mån 2004-04-05 klockan 18.02 skrev Todd Berman:
> > > 	I am the maintainer of MonoDevelop http://www.monodevelop.com which is
> > > a IDE (not just for mono, the name is a bit misleading). I have spent
> > > the last little bit converting our i18n to use gettext. I am wondering
> > > if it is possible to commit a pot file somewhere on gnome's cvs (which I
> > > have write access to already), and get translations done that way.
> > > 
> > > 	Although MonoDevelop is not hosted on the gnome cvs server, it is
> > > absolutely and 100% designed to be a gnome application (We have some
> > > ungnomey parts, but we are working on it).
[...]
> > So what I think you should do is to first and foremost decide on where
> > you want to be hosted. If that is the GNOME cvs, then you can use the
> > GNOME Translation Project as soon as you've moved. Being in GNOME cvs
> > also has other advantages if you'd like to consider your application
> > GNOME software, as you can then more easily benefit from the
> > contributions of other GNOME developers.
>
> Well, the project is currently hosted on a subversion server on the
> mono-cvs box. We have considered moving it to the cvs server on the same
> computers, however I am unwilling to gain next to nothing, and loose a
> lot of history. I would be willing to move to the gnome cvs server,
> because, as you say, there are a lot of benefits. The one downside is
> that I have a number of developers who don't yet have write access to
> gnome's cvs. So I dont know how feasible importing a 100,000 line csharp
> application and asking for 5 or 6 new cvs accounts would be to some of
> the gnome guys ;).

We very recently moved to shiny new cvs hardware and a new cvs setup on
gnome.org, so I don't think adding the extra cvs accounts will be a
problem; we are not short on physical cvs resources any longer. Right
now though all bits and pieces aren't there yet since the move, and
while normal cvs operation for existing users is there, the creation of
new cvs accounts may have to wait a few weeks more.

However, if you'd like to use GNOME cvs for your application, I'd
recommend you to post to gnome-hackers@gnome.org right away giving a
brief resume of your application and why you'd like it to be in GNOME
cvs. Assuming that not many people object to this, you should assume
there is a broad consensus that your application is most welcome in
GNOME cvs, and proceed to requesting the actual cvs account(s) you may
need. The instructions for requesting accounts is outlined at
http://developer.gnome.org/doc/policies/accounts/.

And, finally, if and once you've imported monodevelop to GNOME cvs,
please let gnome-i18n@gnome.org know so we can include it in our
translation status pages.


Christian