Hello Joost,
On Wed, Feb 01, 2023 at 09:28:28AM +0100, Joost van Baal-Ilić wrote:
> Could the translations in french and german of our flyer[0] get updated?
> I'd like to print a few of them today or tomorrow, for our booth [1]
> at the FOSDEM conference in Brussels, this weekend.
>
> Sources in english are available from
> https://salsa.debian.org/debian/debian-flyers/-/blob/master/english.tex .
>
> Translations which could use an update are
> https://salsa.debian.org/debian/debian-flyers/-/blob/master/francaise.tex and
> https://salsa.debian.org/debian/debian-flyers/-/blob/master/deutsch.tex .
>
> Contributions in any format are welcome: email a patch, commit and push to
> master, talk to me on irc, submit a MR, ...
>
> Please Cc me on replies; I am not subscribed.
Sorry, at least for me this is not possible. Seems like everything is
against good practice:
1) The links cannot be downloaded by wget.
2) No previous translators are visible or contacted.
3) No sufficient infrastructure is used (e.g. po4a(1)).
4) No obvious way to get a diff (would be solved by 3))
5) Incredibly short deadline
It is good practice to give ~ 14 days for translators, but „today
or tomorrow“ is close to impossible.
(And at least for me, it's just by chance that I can look at this
on a non-weekend day).
So, for next time, please:
a) Switch your infrastructure to a decent build system, e.g. po4a. If
you need help, I can sure look at this.
b) Work on the updates as far in advance if possible, commiting
changes as they come. Then translators can be notified and monitor
this - and keep the translations aligned. Then even last minute
changes are possible to handle.
c) Notify the translators in advance and provide decent links for
downloads. Avoid every barrier you can.
Sorry, that I cannot be of help this time.
Greetings
Helge
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