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Re: Please, stop abusing ddtss/DDTP



On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 11:02:40AM +0100, David wrote:
> I've checked also with Italian: proda is translated [1], but it loads
> the translation window also without the "force fetch" check. Maybe
> this is just a bug of the interface?
> 
> [1] http://kleptog.org/cgi-bin/ddtss2-cgi/it/translated/it/logs/1195576827/proda

There has been work in the Extramadura metting to remove most of the
problems here. Even if the bug you suggest exists (can't test now and
it worked last I tried), it is still wrong to fetch, even without
force. It's unfair to small translation teams to put stuff on their
list. That's not your decision.

> I believe that the whole thing isn't related to my script (anymore);
> the removal of "force=yes" from the fetch url _mustn't_ retrieve
> already-translated packages. That would ensure the correct functioning
> of my script and of the web interface. Therefore, I strongly believe
> it's a bug in the web interface itself, which retrieves the package
> nevertheless, be it still to-do or already translated.

The fetch will fetch if it's still TODO, the description may have
changed since it loaded into the DDTSS. Remember, the DDTSS currently
is *not* connected to DDTP in any special way and cannot see changes in
descriptions.

Also, someone translating it in DDTSS and waiting for review does not*
*count as "already translated" and it will fetch again, for the
reasons stated above.

Anyway, at Extramadura we've solved the worst of the problem, but
fetching of any kind by a robot like this is wrong, no matter what. I
have a patch which will solve the problem, once the i18n server comes
back online.

Have a nice day,
-- 
Martijn van Oosterhout   <kleptog@svana.org>   http://svana.org/kleptog/
> Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
>  -- John F Kennedy

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