[Kde-pim] kitchensync dead? Bug #95679

[Stefan Winter]

> > according to
> >
> > http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=95679
> >
> > kitchensync is about to be removed from the 3.5 branch.
>
> I don't recall that decision being made.  I see from Comment #8 that
> Holger was planning to ask me about it.  And I don't recall having such
> a conversation.  But... maybe I just don't remember.
> 
> > However, it generated
> > around 130 new strings to translate for 3.5.6 recently (Makefile change
> > to make it translatable at all).
>
> On 2006-12022 lueck changed the kitchensync Makefile.am with this comment:
> "added missing messages targets to make kitchensync fully translatable
> scripty will generate 120 new untranslated + 12 fuzzy messages tonight"
>
> > Since there's only little time left for translations I'd like to get some
> > clarity on the subject as soon as possible:
> >
> > Will the code be removed before 3.5.6 (consequence: don't bother
> > translating) or will this code and strings be somehow exposed to the end
> > users (consequence: translate)?
> >
> > cc'ing me would be nice.
>
> Current status:
> + There are currently no plans to remove kitchensync for 3.5.6
> + kitchensync has already been removed for 4.0
> + I think the translators shouldn't spend any of their time
>     translating kitchensync.

Okay, this means for me that the strings will be in the release and that there 
is at least a remote possibility that a user might see them. So I'll 
translate them. There are some boring meetings ahead anyway, so my time is 
spent uselessly in either case. (somewhat depriving)

> IMO:  suggest reverting the commit to kitchensync Makefile.am.

Uh, that's a tough decision that I don't want to take. There are several major 
languages that have already translated the strings (Portuguese, Spanish, 
Swedish just to name a few, according to 
http://l10n.kde.org/stats/gui/stable/kdepim/index.php), and they'd be 
rightfully pissed off if I'd just void that work short before a release.

Greetings,

Stefan Winter

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