Re: Translations at pgfoundry (was Re: [PATCHES] Latest Turkish translation updates)

On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 14:08:20 +0100, Peter Eisentraut <[email protected]> wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > > Maybe we should have a pgfoundry project where all translations
> > > were kept, and from which the main CVS could be updated
> > > semi-automatically. Then we wouldn't have Peter checking out and
> > > committing all the time.
> >
> > That sounds like a fine idea.  My only concern would be the
> > "not-maintained-here" syndrome, which occurs every time some CVS tree
> > contains a file that is actually maintained by an external group,
> > thus blocking the maintainers of the former CVS tree from applying
> > necessary fixes at times.  Nevertheless, I think this is a winner.
> > Let's consider it when we start the 8.1 cycle.
> 
> OK, is anyone opposed to this idea?  I would register a pgfoundry
> project (name suggestions? "translations"?), give most established
> translators commit access, and move the statistics pages there.  Also,
> some translation groups seem to have their own mailing lists or web
> pages, which could optionally also be hosted there.
> 
> We could then sync the translations either regularly (e.g., once a week)
> or only at release time.  Of course we would need to mirror all the
> branches there.
> 
> Comments?

Perfectly fine. Please go ahead. 

> --
> Peter Eisentraut

Nicolai Tufar
Turkish Language Translation Team.