Features/Enhanced Gettext - Revision history

Godiard at 20:23, 5 November 2013

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SayaminduDasgupta: /* Current status */

2010-02-12T21:35:04Z

Current status

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	* Targeted release: 0.88		* Targeted release: 0.88
	* Last updated: Feb 09, 2010		* Last updated: Feb 09, 2010
	* Percentage of completion: 90%		* Percentage of completion: 100%

	== Detailed Description ==		== Detailed Description ==

SayaminduDasgupta: /* Release Notes */

2010-02-12T20:59:03Z

Release Notes

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	== Release Notes ==		== Release Notes ==
	The ~~sugar.gettext module extends~~ the ~~standard~~ Python ~~gettext support to allow for updated translations to exist outside the activity directory~~. ~~This enables deployments to add~~ and ~~update translations later, without depending on the release process. To take advantage of~~ this~~, Activity developers should use the ''sugar.gettext'' module instead of~~ the ~~standard ''gettext''~~.		The extension adds a new dependency of the Python dateutil module. In Fedora and Ubuntu/Debian this is provided by the package python-dateutil.

	== Comments and Discussion ==		== Comments and Discussion ==
	* See [[{{TALKPAGENAME}}\|discussion tab for this feature]] <!-- This adds a link to the "discussion" tab associated with your page. This provides the ability to have ongoing comments or conversation without bogging down the main feature page. -->		* See [[{{TALKPAGENAME}}\|discussion tab for this feature]] <!-- This adds a link to the "discussion" tab associated with your page. This provides the ability to have ongoing comments or conversation without bogging down the main feature page. -->

Erikos: /* Current status */

2010-02-09T06:40:59Z

Current status

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	== Current status ==		== Current status ==
	* Targeted release: 0.88		* Targeted release: 0.88
	* Last updated: ~~Jan 11~~, 2010		* Last updated: Feb 09, 2010
	* Percentage of completion: 10%		* Percentage of completion: 90%

	== Detailed Description ==		== Detailed Description ==

Erikos at 17:16, 11 January 2010

2010-01-11T17:16:52Z

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Erikos: Accepted for 0.88

2010-01-11T17:13:49Z

Accepted for 0.88

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	* Targeted release: 0.88		* Targeted release: 0.88
	* Last updated: Jan 3, 2010		* Last updated: Jan 11, 2010
	* Percentage of completion: 10%		* Percentage of completion: 10%

SayaminduDasgupta at 15:17, 11 January 2010

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Erikos: just a little cleanup

2010-01-11T12:54:15Z

just a little cleanup

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	== Summary ==		== Summary ==
	''Enhanced Gettext adds an extra search path for translation files for Sugar activities. This would allow deployments to add and update activity translations independently of the release process.''		Enhanced Gettext adds an extra search path for translation files for Sugar activities. This would allow deployments to add and update activity translations independently of the release process.

	== Owner ==		== Owner ==
	~~''This should link to your home wiki page so we know who you are''~~
	* Name: [[User:SayaminduDasgupta\| Sayamindu Dasgupta]]		* Name: [[User:SayaminduDasgupta\| Sayamindu Dasgupta]]

SayaminduDasgupta at 10:37, 5 January 2010

2010-01-05T10:37:58Z

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	* Activity maintainers do not have to worry about making new releases to incorporate newer translations.		* Activity maintainers do not have to worry about making new releases to incorporate newer translations.
	* See thread starting from http://www.mail-archive.com/sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg10663.html		* See thread starting from http://www.mail-archive.com/sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg10663.html
			* Will enable decoupling of Fructose release schedule from Glucose release schedule (if required, Fructose can be discarded altogether without causing much pains from the localization point of view)

	== Scope ==		== Scope ==

SayaminduDasgupta: Created page with '{{TOCright}} Category:Feature Page Incomplete Enhanced Gettext == Summary == ''Enhanced Gettext adds an extra search path for tr…'

2010-01-03T18:14:41Z

Created page with '<noinclude>{{TOCright}} Category:Feature Page Incomplete Enhanced Gettext </noinclude> == Summary == ''Enhanced Gettext adds an extra search path for tr…'

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== Summary ==
''Enhanced Gettext adds an extra search path for translation files for Sugar activities. This would allow deployments to add and update activity translations independently of the release process.''

== Owner ==
''This should link to your home wiki page so we know who you are''
* Name: [[User:SayaminduDasgupta| Sayamindu Dasgupta]]

* Email: sayamindu at gmail dot com

== Current status ==
* Targeted release: 0.88
* Last updated: Jan 3, 2010
* Percentage of completion: 10%

== Detailed Description ==
Currently the translation process is tightly coupled with the release workflow. In order to get the latest translations for a particular activity, deployments need to either wait for the activity maintainer make a new release, or use the language pack mechanism, which is distribution specific, and an ugly hack at its best. This feature would add a sugar.gettext module, which, if used by activities, will search an alternative path (configurable via GConf) for translations before looking into the activity directory (where the translations present in the original release bundle exist.

== Benefit to Sugar ==
* Life becomes a lot easier for deployments who rely on a small translator team to accomplish the job (smaller translation teams find it more difficult to keep up with the Sugar release cycle)
* Activity maintainers do not have to worry about making new releases to incorporate newer translations.
* See thread starting from http://www.mail-archive.com/sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg10663.html

== Scope ==
* A sugar.gettext module needs to be created in sugar-toolkit (or sugar-base ??)
* Activity authors need to do ''import sugar.gettext'' instead of ''import gettext'' (it may make sense to keep the import sugar.gettext in a try: block to retain backward compatibility)

==UI Design==
N/A

== How To Test ==
{{:{{PAGENAME}}/Testing}}

== User Experience ==
N/A

== Dependencies ==
None

== Contingency Plan ==
None necessary, revert to previous release behaviour.

== Documentation ==
* See thread starting from http://www.mail-archive.com/sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg10663.html

== Release Notes ==
The sugar.gettext module extends the standard Python gettext support to allow for updated translations to exist outside the activity directory. This enables deployments to add and update translations later, without depending on the release process. To take advantage of this, Activity developers should use the ''sugar.gettext'' module instead of the standard ''gettext''.

== Comments and Discussion ==
* See [[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|discussion tab for this feature]]