On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 2:43 AM, Franklin Weng <frank...@goodhorse.idv.tw> wrote:
> > > > 2014-08-12 2:37 GMT+08:00 Albert Astals Cid <aa...@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 > > What I would suggest is to only advertise as available languages the ones above K%, but still distribute all translations, because there's little reason to keep to ourselves some of the translations. Aleix
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