Minimum translation percentage for Plasma 5 release

[Albert Astals Cid]

El Dimarts, 12 d'agost de 2014, a les 08:43:14, Franklin Weng va escriure:
> 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.

The thing is, if we do that, we are punishing "Joe user" that probably can 
still use the software at 69% 

Cheers,
  Albert

> 
> 
> Franklin