Minimum translation percentage for Plasma 5 release

[Franklin Weng]

2014-08-12 2:37 GMT+08:00 Albert Astals Cid <aacid at kde.org>:

> Hi, in the 4.x world we have something called "Essential Packages" for
> translations that is basically a set of minimum percentage of some files
> that
> you need to get if you want the whole translation of your language to be
> released with the 4.x SC.
>
> For KDE Frameworks we have decided to not have a minimum of translation.
> Each
> Framework will ship the translation files it has available.
>
> The question here is if we want it or not for Plasma >= 5.1.
>
> If we only ship languages with say >= 70% we ensure that the shipped
> languages
> have a reasonable number of translations (one can't ensure quality).
>
> On the other hand a hard limit is also a bit "unfair" to users, if the
> translation drops to 69.5% because the translator went MIA, they will stop
> getting the translation. Also it makes it harder for smaller teams to get
> contributors, since the moment we drop it, it gets less visibility and thus
> it's harder for the small team to get new contributors to help them reach
> the
> required percentage again.
>


Well, maybe not to drop it in certain range like 65%, but to warn the
coordinator when under 70%.  And when the translation rate is under 70% for
three consecutive versions (even in 69%) it can be dropped.


Franklin
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