Re: String freeze break request for gnome-shell

[Gabor Kelemen <kelemeng gnome hu>]

2011-09-07 22:12 keltezéssel, Florian Müllner írta:
> Hey,
>
> I'd like to request a freeze break for the following bugs:
>
>  - https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=644097
>       This is actually adding a string, so technically not a break,
It is. Please read: 
http://live.gnome.org/TranslationProject/HandlingStringFreezes

Aside from that, i18n approval 1/2.

>       but while at it I'll include it in this request; the new string
>       in question is "%d%%", to allow translators to move the %-sign
>       in front of the number or replace it with a more appropriate
>       character. Most locales should be fine with the default, so the
>       impact is low.
>
>   - https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=642135
>       This adds context to an existing string. Unless there are
>       objections, I'll push a follow-up patch which adjusts existing
>       translations, so again the impact should be low.
Now that you proposed to add only a comment and not a context, this is 
not a freeze break.

Also, if you were adding a context marker, that would be used to change 
the *meaning* of the string, thus patching translations would be a very 
bad idea.
For example, imagine someone who had translated this "Volume" as "disk 
volume". By adding a context he would be forced to review the 
translation and hopefully he would detect the error. Removing the fuzzy 
mark would kill this opportunity.

>  - https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=645037
>      This fixes a colloquialism in the original string. Again, I have
>      a follow-up patch ready to adjust existing translations, so
>     there should be no impact for translators.
Usually, I'd say this is not important enough, but since we are already 
breaking freeze... approval 1/2.

>  - https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=639987
>      Use ngettext for timeouts in session dialogs ("You will be
>      logged out in X seconds."). Obviously this affects existing
>      translations.
Approval 1/2.

Regards
Gabor Kelemen