Re: Does Translation auto merge between default, stable, old stable releases?

[Yuri Chornoivan <yurchor ukr net>]

субота, 29 травня 2021 р. 11:24:46 EEST Alexandre Franke написано:
> On Fri, May 28, 2021 at 7:17 PM Yuri Chornoivan via gnome-i18n <
>
> gnome-i18n gnome org> wrote:
> > Hi,
>
> Hi,
>
> There is a huge problem with old branches in whole GNOME. You can have the
>
> > master branch translated but the actual package can contain some old
> > stable
> > branch (say 3.22) that you cannot see from the main team page. If you do
> > not
> > know where to find the _actual_ branch it becomes a real PITA for the
> > users.
>
> How is this a problem exactly? Old branches are most probably not going to
> see a release and translations brought to them would then never reach the
> user. *That* would indeed be wasted work. On the rare occasion where you
> know that a given old branch will have a release, you can still find it, as
> you pointed out.

That's it. No releases, no new translations, no updates. Translation of master 
is a waste of time (?).

> Translations and Damned lies are not a completionist game where the goal is
> to have 100%, even on past releases. Old releases may not be fully
> translated, and that is fine.

"If you didn't come to party, then why did you come here?" (Jarvis Cocker)

That's too bad. I've tried to complete GNOME translations (master and "stable" 
branches) through almost 1.5 years but just a quick glance on LP shows the 
discrepancy for the "old good applications" with "stable" branch with no new 
releases. With no regular release system (like KDE releases), translating 
these GNOME applications is just a waste of time.

Just my 2 cents.

Best regards,
Yuri