Re: [Tuxpaint-i18n] Inuktitut translation begins

[Harvey G. <har...@gm...>]

Thanks Bill!

Harvey




On 2011-09-08, at 1:25 PM, Bill Kendrick wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 10:03:27AM -0400, Harvey Ginter wrote:
>>   Hi,
>>   I will be working with my friend and colleague, Alain Rochefort, on the
>>   Inuktitut version of Tux Paint.
> 
> Hi Harvey and Alain!
> 
> 
>>   For now, my role is to identify what needs to be done, and get things
>>   started.
>>   So I've downloaded and looked at the pot files, and poEdit. OK so far :)
> 
> Great! :)
> 
> 
>>   Next, I will be looking for translators. This will be a team effort!
>>   We will begin by translating the main application.
> 
> Cool, good luck!
> 
> 
>>   Question 1: When do you expect the next release of Tux Paint?
> 
> I cannot say.  There were a few bits of unstable or unfinished code added
> to the project in the past ~2 years, and it was not at a point where I would
> have been comfortable releasing it.
> 
> That said, one of our volunteers (hi, Pere!) has been very busy cleaning up
> some of the code, improving it, and adding missing features.  So it's in
> a much better state than it was, say, 6 months ago.
> 
> Furthermore, my day job has been extremely busy over the past couple of
> years, but I'm at a point where I can actually spend some time in the
> evenings or weekends looking at Tux Paint.  So between these things, plus
> the fact that I'm kind of running out of time -- my wife and I are expecting
> our second child in late January(!), I'll probably ramp up my efforts to
> get another version out the door.
> 
> 
>>   Question 2: If we translate only the main application, will it be included
>>   in the next release?
> 
> Of course.  Even a partial translation will be accepted and released.
> Translation is an ongoing effort, since sometimes we add features or
> change the wording of things (in the original English), so, sadly,
> translators' jobs are never over. :)  Of course, since it's a
> 100% volunteer-driven project, we all understand that people may not have
> time to bring things up to date, or may not have time or interest to even
> work on the project at all, any more.
> 
> Any little bit usually helps, and especially in the case of
> translations, it creates an open door for other volunteers to step in
> and finish/improve what we have so far.
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> -- 
> -bill!
> Sent from my computer
> 
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