search

openstreetmap / iD

🆔 The easy-to-use OpenStreetMap editor in JavaScript.
https://www.openstreetmap.org/edit?editor=id
ISC License
3.37k stars 1.21k forks source link

Notify translators prior to release #4420

Closed manfredbrandl closed 7 years ago

manfredbrandl commented 7 years ago

Notifying translators is first action on release-checklist image but hat not been done: image

bhousel commented 7 years ago

I should probably remove it from the checklist.. I really only do announcements if the release involves a lot of translation work.

The big problem I see is that while the top 10 languages get fully translated within a few days, the rest of the 70 or so languages have very little activity. This is true whether I make announcements or not, or even beg people on Twitter and OSM mailing lists to pitch in with translation.

manfredbrandl commented 7 years ago

Could you change it to notify only for languages which have less than e.g. 100 untranslated strings? If a few days (a week would be better but may be to longfor the developers) prior a release no new strings for translation are introduced and the release is announced to me, i have a change to get a fully translated release.

bhousel commented 7 years ago

If a few days (a week would be better but may be to longfor the developers) prior a release no new strings for translation are introduced and the release is announced to me, i have a change to get a fully translated release.

I usually let iD stabilize for a few days or even a week before doing the release just so the translation teams can catch up. I didn't do that with 2.4.2, and I'm sorry..

I'll be doing another release hopefully today, and possibly more releases later this month - there will be opportunities to fill in the missing translations.