[Kde-scm-interest] scripty questions

[Thiago Macieira]

Albert Astals Cid wrote:
>if you/Chani/Aaron/Matt that i doubt ever translated anything in KDE,
> use KDE in english, have not dealt with translators and do not know the
> KDE translation workflow are the ones that are going to decide what is
> a valid concern, i'm out of the i18n coordinator position and probably
> out of KDE as a whole.

Let me rephrase what I said:

everyone will have to make changes if/when we switch to Git. Translators 
are a part of the community just like developers. If translators have a 
problem, we'll address it. We will make everything in our power to 
accommodate their needs. This discussion here is proof enough that we're 
trying to get the least amount of changes to them. We'll also have to run 
our proposed changes by them to see if it's acceptable.

Translators will be treated as first-class citizens: no less important than 
anyone else.

But also no more important. We will not let progress be stopped by 
stubbornness. Everyone will need to adapt to changes, translators 
included.

Refusing to accept one change in command is stubbornness and lack of team 
play. Pure and simple.


Now, my *personal* opinion is that the gain in developer efficiency 
outweighs a few stubborn people (developers, translators and others) who 
will not make the switch. The same happened with CVS: some developers 
refused to start using SVN.

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