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dpmgood morning all08:16
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TLEgood morning08:57
TLEso how did it go, did the builds work for lucid?08:58
TLEdpm: ^^09:05
dpmTLE, hi, just a sec, for some reason the net is being a bit slow today...09:11
dpmTLE, they've been built and uploaded to proposed: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/lucid/+source/language-pack-ca-base (here's the Catalan one as an example, but I haven'T had the chance to test them yet)09:15
dpmbut it seems the Finnish FF translations are broken, given the feedback09:16
artnaydpm: feedback where? #?09:24
dpmartnay, on the translators list -> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-translators/2011-February/004395.html09:25
artnaydpm: thanks, will look into it09:26
fromishpsHey all11:00
fromishpsI'm a friend of jtv, I'm going to myanmar to the barcamps in Yangon and Mandalay11:01
fromishpsI will try to do an Ubuntu Install-fest11:01
fromishpsand can recruit translators11:01
jtvdpm: ^^11:01
dpmfromishps, ah, cool!11:01
fromishpswhat guides can I use to get people started11:02
dpmlet me give you the links...11:02
dpmfromishps, you can start with https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Translations/QuickStartGuide11:02
fromishpsok cool11:04
fromishpsI've just skimmed a bit of that11:04
fromishpswill look at it properly later11:04
dpmfromishps, you'd also be interested in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Translations/Contact/11:05
fromishpsOnce I've got a bunch of volunteers, are there any stumbling blocks I should be wary of11:05
fromishps?11:05
fromishpsthey'll probably be keen but a bit clueless about linux, with good english skills11:06
fromishpsmost people I met there hadn't heard of IRC either11:08
dpmfromishps, you should probably get familiar with the concept of upstreams: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Translations/Upstream - apart from that, I'd say that the most important thing is to keep communication between the team, either with a mailing list, IRC, Forum, physical meetings, etc.11:08
dpmand if you've got any questions, just ask them here or on the ubuntu-translators mailing list (in those links above^)11:08
fromishpssure, thanks11:08
dpmfromishps, let me know how it works, I think this is an awesome initiative11:09
fromishpsI'll do my best11:09
fromishpsMozilla was going to set up a community there but the rep got his visa cancelled which has dismayed a lot of people11:09
fromishpsrejected I mean11:09
dpm:/11:10
fromishpsI still think that will happen, so there are motivated people there, and the BarCamps will definitely be the place to find them11:10
fromishpsone problem is the great lack of knowledge about linux11:10
fromishpsvery few people seem to have heard about it11:11
fromishpswanna change that11:11
dpmcool11:11
fromishpsI'll keep you posted, I'm leaving on Friday and we should have 200 install CDs ready for Mandalay11:12
fromishpsthat's 12-1311:12
fromishpsfeb11:12
fromishpsYangon is 19-2011:12
fromishpsbtw anyone who wants to go still has time for yangon if they are near a myanmar embassy11:12
dpm:)11:13
fromishpsOk, I think I've just recruited one person already. She was the person mozilla were going to talk to.11:17
fromishpsnot a bad start11:17
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dpmbrilliant :)11:27
Mirvdpm: the Finnish firefox translation is btw untouched since last April, so the export feature has just somehow broken again11:29
dpmhi Mirv, I think the exports are ok. I believe the problem lies in the po2xpi tool, which is used to create the FF xpis from the data exported from LP. I've also seen the same breakage in Occitan11:30
dpmthanks for the testing, btw :)11:30
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Mirvok, po2xpi then :)11:32
dpmMirv, perhaps you can help me on that. I've seen that so far the only languages that have got broken FF translations are the ones put on a "whitelist" txt file in po2xpi. These are Finnish and Occitan. Any ideas why Finnish is on this whitelist?11:35
dpmDid the Finnish translations not make in time for a particular Mozilla release and were included in Ubuntu through this whitelisting?11:36
Mirvdpm: hmm, my only memory from that kind of thing is simply that "it used to work" after asac at some point in history did additional fixes to po2xpi. Firefox should be as translated as possible in upstream11:37
Mirvasac might know more, it was possibly also because I was the one who debugged the po2xpi problems with asac at some point, so maybe he then whitelisted when he knew a language that for sure works11:38
Mirvand kept others not sure cases non-whitelisted11:39
dpmMirv, right, do you happen to remember which problems there where with the Finnish xpi back then?11:39
dpmI'm thinking of simply removing it from the whitelist, so that at least they can be generated without trouble, and worry about the po2xpi fixes later11:40
Mirvdpm: well, exactly similar kind of issues, ie. XML errors which render the whole Firefox non-functional.11:42
Mirvso these bugs https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.5/+bug/42983511:42
ubot4Launchpad bug 429835 in firefox-3.5 (Ubuntu Karmic) (and 4 other projects) "[MASTER] chrome error when viewing untrusted https site using firefox with some locales (affects: 36) (dups: 4) (heat: 95)" [High,Fix released]11:42
Mirvasac:"finnish is struck by the still open langpack-o-matic part of this bug because its one of the few whitelisted for po2xpi ... i removed fi from whitelist for now in 9.10 ... once its fixed we will enable it again."11:43
Mirvno answer to why it was whitelisted :D11:43
Mirv(comment #23)11:44
artnayhave you guys found this already? https://translations.launchpad.net/canonical-identity-provider/2.x/+pots/django12:53
artnaynot all the languages are being imported but it will hopefully change soon, see https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-identity-provider/+bug/71574412:56
ubot4Launchpad bug 715744 in canonical-identity-provider "Inform translators what to do with partly translated languages (affects: 1) (heat: 6)" [Undecided,New]12:56
artnaymaybe the word should be spread via ML12:57
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