Re: msgctxt conversion for 2.26 ?

[Petr Kovar <pmkovar gnome org>]

"Christian Rose" <menthos gnome org>, Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:30:25 +0100:

> On 11/6/08, Petr Kovar <pmkovar gnome org> wrote:
> >  "Christian Rose" <menthos gnome org>, Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:49:55 +0100:
> >  > On 10/28/08, Petr Kovar <pmkovar gnome org> wrote:
> >  > > "Kenneth Nielsen" <k nielsen81 gmail com>, Tue, 28 Oct 2008
> >  > > 22:26:09 +0100:
> >  > >  > 2008/10/28 Petr Kovar <pmkovar gnome org>:
> >  > > (...)
> >  > >  > > That's nice, but still, the problem is current from the
> >  > >  > > moment the first string migrates. And that was done some
> >  > >  > > months ago. So many translators got a problem now. But the
> >  > >  > > most interesting part is what the MsgctxtMigration page says:
> >  > >  > >
> >  > >  > > "Warning:
> >  > >  > > This is only a proposal at this time, and not approved for
> >  > >  > > project-wide application. This should not be applied before
> >  > >  > > being officially turned into a GNOME Goal."
> >  > >  > >
> >  > >  > > Oh really? Does anybody look at that? Does anybody give a damn
> >  > >  > > about that? Just wondering... ;-)
> >  > >  >
> >  > >  > Yes I remember you objected back then and still someone decided
> >  > >  > to test the transition, but now however, we _are_ discussing the
> >  > >  > possibility to make it an official GNOME goal! Any input in
> >  > >  > _that_ subject ;)
> >  > >
> >  > > Well, then I misunderstood the thread. So please, could this what I
> >  > >  might call, say, a discreditable situation be make an official
> >  > > GNOME goal finally? Because the migration is already happening for
> >  > > some time, and the warning notice seems like a confirmation that
> >  > > the current i18n team work is, with all due respect, weak,
> >  > > irresolute, and generally gives inconvincible results. Thus
> >  > > please, any senior member, do something with that. Thanks.
> >  >
> >  > Well then. I'm all in favor for making it an official GNOME goal now,
> >  > for all the reasons that have already been mentioned a dozen times.
> >  >
> >  > Danilo, what about you? What do you think about the msgctxt migration
> >  > (http://live.gnome.org/GnomeGoals/MsgctxtMigration)?
> >  >
> >  > And, what does the members of the Coordination Team think?
> >
> > I guess that no reply from the people asked above actually means, "we
> >  don't care, or we don't have time to care". (We could also think
> >  whether it is good for us if the coordinators don't care, or not, but
> >  anyway...)
> >
> >  Can we come to the point now and perform the needed action?
> 
> There you go, I have proposed it now:
> http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2008-November/msg00218.html

Oh, thanks, Christian.

Petr Kovar