Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 395241
Feedback to the usability of Transifex (incl. community member statement)
Last modified: 2008-01-31 19:55:49 EST
* Upload via Transifex has been successful (https://publictest5.fedora.redhat.com/submit/module/system-config-printer), however changes/updates are not reflected in online statistics (http://translate.fedoraproject.org/module/system-config-printer)(after 24 hours) * A direct link to the Webpage that offers the downloadable po-file (e.g. http://translate.fedoraproject.org/module/system-config-printer) available on the Transifex Submit page (for example https://publictest5.fedora.redhat.com/submit/module/system-config-printer) would make finding a respective po-file much easier for potential translators * The variety of different repositories, VCSs, etc. as well as an unclear or too complex structure on fedoraproject.org confuses community members and puts them off to contribute eventually. I'm quoting a member from the .de community (Lukas Brausch) who posted the following on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:27:09 +0100 (CET): OV: "[...] Desweiteren muss ich gestehen, dass ich nun vollends nicht mehr durchblicke was nun wo übersetzt wird. Elvis,Fedora-CVS und Transifex überschneiden sich einfach in viel zu vielen Bereichen meiner Meinung nach, sodass es nicht nur Einsteigern unnötig erschwert wird Anhaltspunkte zu finden. Anhand der Mitteilungen einiger anderer Übersetzer (auch auf der offiziellen Liste) kann ich feststellen, dass mittlerweile niemand mehr so richtig zu wissen scheint wo welche Dokumente übersetzt werden. Auch die "Translator-Guides" im Wiki helfen da nicht so recht weiter. [...]" Translation: "[...] Furthermore I must admit, that I've completely lost track now, where to translate what. Elivs,Fedora-CVS and Transifex simply overlap in too many areas in my opinion which makes it hard not only to beginners to find any clues. Based on the comments of several other translators (as well on the official list) I can determine that right now noone really knows where to translate which documents. The "Translator-Guides" in the Wiki are not much of a help as well. [...]"
Let's see if we can tackle these and fix them! 1) (stats not updating): This doesn't seem to have occured in the past few months, besides having to wait until the next cron job to see the changes on the stats (max 8 hours, currently). Added to /wiki/L10N/Plans to configure stats to be updated LIVE with each VCS commit. 2) DUP of bug #381521, fixed and will go live at the next package update. 3) What's hosted where: Various happenings have helped to greatly improve this. The addition of all modules on Transifex (even cvs.fpo hosted ones like Docs), the 2nd point fixed above, the updating of the Translation Quick Start Guide, the upcoming Elvis move, the development of the CLI. We're all ears for anything we can further improve. I feel confident enough to close this bug report, especially with the fix of point 2, and considering our concrete roadmap laid out on the Plans page to continue working on enhancing our processes. Closing report. Feel free to reopen if there are more ideas on how to improve things. Suggestions/Wishes could also go on /wiki/L10N/Tools/Plans.