Re: Boxes: UI/feature freeze break

[Kenneth Nielsen <k nielsen81 gmail com>]

Den 04-03-2012 14:55, Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) skrev:
> On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 6:07 AM, Matthias Clasen
> <matthias clasen gmail com>  wrote:
> > On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)
> > <zeeshanak gnome org>  wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >   Once again (hopefully last time) I need to break the feature/UI
> > > freeze. Its regarding:
> > >
> > > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=664774
> > >
> > > I think its an essential feature that many would complain about if it
> > > doesn't go in with Boxes in 3.4.
> > >
> > > This is also an announcement for string changes (small ones).
> >
> > It would be much easier to judge this if you told us what the string
> > and ui changes are - what are the new or changed strings ? and how
> > does the ui compare before/after ?
>
> Ah you need a summary in the mail, sure! Here goes:
>
> While Boxes allocates resources to new VMs automatically for you, it
> doesn't always do the right job there (especially if OS is unknown or
> we don't know the recommended/minimum resources for it). Moreover, as
> Jon pointed out people do upgrade their hardware so they should be
> able to upgrade their virtual hardware as well. The only non-obsoleted
> patch in bug#664774  allows you to change RAM and storage allocation.
>
> We added a new tab in the 'Properties' view as shown here:
> http://static.fi/~zeenix/tmp/boxes+system-props.png
>
> These are the new translatable strings:
>
> 1. "RAM"
> 2. "Storage"
> 3. "System"
> 3. "Changes require restart of '%s'. Attempt restart?"
>
> Feel free to ask for more information, if needed.


As a translator I can say that you may want to prefix the "Storage" 
string with an explanation, since "Storage" is ambigous enough that it 
may be translated differently depending on the context.

\Kenneth