Localization AOO/workPlan

This page is about a proposal, codename genLang, not implemented yet.

The following is a milestone plan for transition from the current l10n to the new l10n.

The plan is updated whenever something major has happened, and only the missing parts are described.

There are 2 separate project, which will be executed in parallel:

Information project

This project is the interface to offline translators, NLC and people interested in l10n.

The milestones are as follows

• Update all of wiki localization/l10n
• Update country specific pages and contact NLC to get things running

Due to what seems to a conflict of interest, this part has been postponed

Development project

This project is mainly developer and integrator oriented.

The milestones are as follows:

• change l10n tools to one tool (genLang) that generates module specific files (instead of a file pr source) and not sdf file
• build "extraction" in genLang tool
• update local git branch, with svn trunk (requires committer)
• build "merge" in genLang tool
• update local git branch, with svn trunk (requires committer)
• QA test of "extraction" process
• update procedures for getting text to pootle
• build "generate" in genLang tool
• update local git branch, with svn trunk (requires committer)
• build "insert" in genLang tool
• update local git branch, with svn trunk (requires committer)
• QA test of flow to/from sources
• change build/make to include new target, I need someone to ping-pong with about the best way forward

The second phase awaits the outcome of a discussion with pootle people (can SVN be used, etc), but assuming yes:

• Update Pootle server to work on SVN, here I need help since I have no access at all
• Update Pootle server with missing funnctionality
• QA whole process, help would be appreciated (4 eyes are better than 2).
• update documentation.

it can be seen, that I need a lot of communication with a committer just for the pure work, I would anyhow appreciate input/comments from time to time.

The total calendar time needed is about 2 months, if the committer and I have a very close working order.