July 2009 - Pacman-dev - lists.archlinux.org

[pacman-dev] Improving Pacman's messages
by Roman Kyrylych 30 Jul '09

30 Jul '09

Hi! During my translation of pacman/libalpm files I've noticed a significant number of inconsistencies and messages that are difficult to translate to a language that is quite different from Western European languages without knowing in what context they are used and what kind of text can hide behind %s. (e.g. what "Held by %s" is supposed to mean? if translated directly to my language without specifying a type of %s object the meaning will be confusing). To all pacman committers: _please_ use consistent and descriptive text. I am sure that some messages could be made more specific, not only simplifying the work of translators, but also understanding by users. In addition, it would be easier for translators if some native English speaker could check .pot files before string freeze. It seems to me that there may be some duplicates removed, and alot of related messages made more consistent. I understand that text cosmetics is not a top priority when developing some new feature, but doing some text cleanup before string freeze (while keeping in mind that every single line of text may and will be translated to a (very) different language, _and_ trying to make the text look clear for most users) does worth some time spent. I can do such work for next pacman releases (not sure if I can "generate" good English messages since it's not my native language, but at least I can point to a text that's not clear to understand/translate etc.) I know it's too late to make such changes now, but I hope this can be done for future pacman releases. -- Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич)

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[pacman-dev] Pacman 3.3 release imminent
by Dan McGee 29 Jul '09

29 Jul '09

OK, here we go. We have two basic lists to chop through. One is here: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman_Roadmap#3.3_Final_Release_Plans. Of course, Xavier blew my (short) list away and tried to sneak in a much longer list. Sorry, but this is not all getting in if we are releasing before the end of the month. :) So the roadmap: http://bugs.archlinux.org/roadmap/proj3 Things *not* getting in 3.3.0: * FS#12950, -D operation (way too big of a change late in the game) * FS#14208, --print operation (once again, not as big as -D, but lets hold off on massive new option addition) Left on this list, some of which got in (or are getting in) tonight: * pkgbase inclusion in makepkg/repo-add (in tonight) * FS#13877, -k/--check patch (in tonight) * FS#12538, fetch callback (http://www.archlinux.org/pipermail/pacman-dev/2009-April/008533.html) (if not in tonight, getting in very very soon) * FS#12775, -Suu operation, (in tonight) * FS#12772, makepkg default integrity check. I'm fine with changing it in the pacman source code, the Arch decision can be postponed, but thoughts? * FS#15210, makepkg and pkgdesc troubles. Our only real blocker bug at the moment, so this needs some sort of addressing before release. * NEWS updates, any more feedback/help on this is welcome A call for translation updates will come in 2 or 3 days time when we have all messages finalized. You are welcome to start before then, but please do not submit anything until all strings are final. -Dan

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[pacman-dev] [translations] Updated spanish translation
by Juan Pablo González T. 29 Jul '09

29 Jul '09

hi, this is the spanish translation for the inminent pacman 3.3 release :) The file contains translated strings for pacman and libalpm Greetings from the cold Chile, keep up the good work! ____________________________________________________________________________________ ¡Obtén la mejor experiencia en la web! Descarga gratis el nuevo Internet Explorer 8. http://downloads.yahoo.com/ieak8/?l=e1

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[pacman-dev] [translations] Updated Ukrainian translation
by Roman Kyrylych 29 Jul '09

29 Jul '09

Hi! The attached file contains the updated Ukrainian translation for pacman/libalpm 3.3 made by me and sevenfourk. There may be some issues due to difficulties in translation and unability to see most of messages "in a real world", so there may be some updates for 3.3.1. All new/fuzzy messages were translated, and some old messages changed as well. http://code.toofishes.net/pacman/po_files/ were used. -- Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич)

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[pacman-dev] [Translations] Updated DE-version
by Matthias Gorissen 29 Jul '09

29 Jul '09

As the title says ... Was Giovanni's 100 bucks per hour restricted to Dan, or is it open to anyone? Best regards, Matt

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[pacman-dev] [Translations] Updated Kazakh translation
by Baurzhan Muftakhidinov 29 Jul '09

29 Jul '09

Hi all! This is the final Kazakh translation for pacman 3.3 (both pacman and libalpm) thanks,

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[pacman-dev] [translations] Updated Czech translation
by Vojtěch Gondžala 29 Jul '09

29 Jul '09

Hi, an update for Czech translation. -- Vojtěch „vogo“ Gondžala

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[pacman-dev] [translation] Russian translation for pacman 3.3
by partizan 29 Jul '09

29 Jul '09

work in progress :) all new messages has been translated, now i working on style of translation and fixing errors. i will send translation tonight

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[pacman-dev] [TRANSLATIONS] NEW Romanian translation update
by volodia macovei 29 Jul '09

29 Jul '09

NEW Romanian translation update

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[pacman-dev] [translations] Updated Polish translation
by Mateusz Herych 29 Jul '09

29 Jul '09

Hello. Here is Polish translation for the new version of pacman. Regards, Mateusz.

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