Re: Stricter policy when including BIG modules

[Danilo Segan <danilo gnome org>]

Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com> writes:

> Thanks. I think I'm still against this, because the module would just be
> added a few months later and the work would not be wasted. You might ask
> translators to give old modules higher priorities than new modules, if
> you are worried about where the effort goes.

Yeah, the problem here is that for such big modules, if you don't
start translating them as soon as you can, there's a big chance that
you won't finish them in time for release if they are included.

> I think the current "punt it if it can't meet the schedule" gives a
> module enough (even too much) time to get in sync with the schedule. I
> don't think it's a good idea to have lots of special rules for corner
> cases. We should keep it simple and not get in the way.

I understand that point of view, and I see advantages of it, so I
won't put pressure on this anymore.

Cheers,
Danilo