URGENT: Request to add Sicilian (scn) language support to GCompris - January 31st deadline

[Albert Astals Cid]

El dimecres, 7 de gener del 2026, a les 20:17:07 (Hora estàndard d’Europa central), Paolo Lo Bello va escriure:
> Hello KDE translation coordinators,

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> I am writing to urgently request the addition of Sicilian (ISO 639-3: scn)
> language support to GCompris.
> 
> BACKGROUND:
> I attempted to contribute a Sicilian translation via GitHub PR #300 in June
> 2025 -
> The GCompris maintainer (petitlapin) redirected me to follow the official
> KDE translation process

petitlapin who? Ah that's Johnny nickname over at github

> Issue tracking: https://invent.kde.org/education/gcompris/-/issues/70
> I have an organized Telegram team ready to work on this translation
> immediately.
> URGENCY: The GCompris 26.0 release has a string freeze deadline on January
> 31st, 2026 (only 24 days away).
> To be included in this release, we need to achieve at least 70% translation
> completion before this date( i hope)
> 
> TECHNICAL DETAILS:
> Language code: scn (Sicilian) - Sicilian is already included in glibc
> locale definitions
> I have previous experience with FOSS translations (contributed to Blender
> Italian translation)
> Our team on telegram is committed to maintaining this translation long-term
> (>70% completion)
> 
> REQUEST:
> Given the tight deadline, could you please:
> 1. Expedite the approval process for adding Sicilian (scn) to the KDE
> translation system

We will do things as we always do. 24 days is plenty of time if you do the translation work.

> 2. Provide access to the translation files or templates so we can start
> working immediately

The templates are public 
https://invent.kde.org/localization/l10n-templates/-/tree/master/trunk6/messages/gcompris

> 3. Guide me through the official procedure to add a new language

If you only want to translate gcompris, that is enough since it is quite isolated.

The general rules for adding a new language are

The first thing we ask people that want to create/revive a team is to 
translate kcoreaddons, kio and kxmlgui as close to 100% as possible and send 
them to me in private (no need to bother the rest of the people in the mailing 
list with those files).

https://invent.kde.org/localization/l10n-templates/-/tree/master/trunk6/messages/kcoreaddons
https://invent.kde.org/localization/l10n-templates/-/tree/master/trunk6/messages/kio
https://invent.kde.org/localization/l10n-templates/-/tree/master/trunk6/messages/kxmlgui

So your first task to become "new team coordinator" 
would be to get those files as close to 100% as possible and send 
them to me.

I would really like if you translate those, but again, we may skip these requirements if you want to do gcompris only and are not in time for the deadline of end of the month.

Best Regards,
  Albert

> 4. Confirm which additional KDE files we need to translate
> I am ready to start working today and my team is standing by.
> 
> Thank you for your time and support! Best regards, Paolo Lo Bello