Re: [Audacity-translation] More frequent updates of translations
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From: Dominic M. <do...@au...> - 2005-12-03 09:04:25
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On Dec 2, 2005, at 5:27 AM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: >> Right now everybody gets 25 languages whether you like it or not. >> >> Having 25 different versions of Audacity would be a logistical >> nightmare because of how much work it takes to release each file on >> SourceForge. >> > > Did I wrute something about separate build of Audacity with each > laguage? :) I believe I wrote about language packs :) Hmmm, I thought that language packs normally came with multiple languages, by geographic region. You know, like the Western European language pack, etc. >> The problem is, how do we produce 25 versions of Audacity without >> going crazy? Firefox has apparently come up with an automated system >> to generate installers...since there's no equivalent of a SF compile >> farm for Windows, I'm not sure how we'd do that. Seriously, if you >> know of any site that would provide a Windows box and shell access >> that would enable us to create new Windows builds from the command- >> line, that would be awesome. >> > > See above :) Say we had a language pack. Ignore the issue of whether we have 25 language packs or 5 for the moment. Either way, you're envisioning a file that's a separate download from the program. OK - how are users supposed to install it? I'm thinking mostly of Windows users here; they're the majority. It seems to me that either we have an installer program capable of automatically putting the language pack in the correct directory, or else we spend hours and hours helping users figure out where to put it on the help forums. Right now we get 3-4 questions on how to install LAME every week, and that doesn't even matter where you put it! I think the best solution would be if there was an easy way to automatically create Windows installers from a shell script. I wonder if Inno Setup could be used to create an installer for each language pack? Then, if we just had a Windows box we could log into remotely so that any developer could do it, we'd be set. Or maybe I should just buy Virtual PC for my Mac, who knows. - Dominic |