[Kde-extra-gear] Re: release cycles

[Klas Kalass]

--Boundary-02=_Bu4Q+UnrQusRiRG
Content-Type: text/plain;
  charset="iso-8859-15"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Content-Description: signed data
Content-Disposition: inline

Am Dienstag, 4. Februar 2003 23:48 schrieb Aurelien Gateau:
<...>
> To avoid this, we need to make it clear to all translator teams that they
> should not start to work on an Extra Gear application before it's frozen.
> This also means that all Extra Gear developers must define and respect
> message freeze periods before they release their apps, at least if they
> ever want to get translations :-)
>
> The website is a good way to keep translators aware of the application
> status, especially with the brand new statistic system. Problem is, I gue=
ss
> most translators haven't heard about it. We should advertise about it.
I second that. I will probably write a letter to their ML in a few days. Do=
=20
you think we should also make a story on dot.kde.org? For that I would pref=
er=20
to have a status for more applications, though.

> It
> would also be good to describe our "policy" on the website.
OK, I added a small info on the about page. And then there is the Docs page=
=20
where I put a reminder for what to do when an app is released. Please=20
everybody feel free to add whatever you see fit.

>
> The other effective mean of communication is kde-i18n-doc@kde.org. Before
> releasing Gwenview 0.16.0, I announced the start and stop of the message
> freeze there. It worked quite well and I didn't get any angry replies to =
my
> messages.
:-) Good, so we can recommend this.

Klas
--Boundary-02=_Bu4Q+UnrQusRiRG
Content-Type: application/pgp-signature
Content-Description: signature

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux)

iD8DBQA+Q4uByPp3mvWRmvgRApQfAJ9cDoIHtL6A0J8A9opo5GYBcsIZHQCgnZa8
vIctbCo1j3qanSAHSVQHROU=
=TYZK
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

--Boundary-02=_Bu4Q+UnrQusRiRG--