[ANNOUNCE] Gaia is now string-frozen (Bucket 1 apps)

[Staś Małolepszy]

Good news, everyone!

*The first string freeze for Gaia is now in effect.*

Thanks for waiting patiently as we polished the final wording and
wrestled with technology when creating the repositories.


How much time do we have?
-------------------------

You have until October 21st to complete this batch. But please follow
the newsgroups in case the schedule changes.


Which apps are string-frozen?
-----------------------------

This is the first string freeze (there will be a second one in October)
and the list of apps that you can start working on (the "bucket 1") is
as follows:

Apps

Browser
Camera
Clock
Communications/Contacts
Communications/Dialer
FM Radio
Gallery
Music
SMS
Video

System

Keyboard

See https://wiki.mozilla.org/L10n:B2G for details.


Where are the files?
--------------------

The files live in Mercurial in the special gaia-l10n hierarchy:

https://hg.mozilla.org/gaia-l10n/

The en-US files are there as well:

https://hg.mozilla.org/gaia-l10n/en-US

Remember to clone via SSH, for instance:

hg clone ssh://hg.mozilla.org/gaia-l10n/pl

You can use compare-dirs (`pip install compare-locales` will get you
compare-dirs, too) to see the stats.

Some locales will see some strings localized, taken from the git
repository. If you're one of those locales, please review all the
existing translations carefully. Let me repeat for better effect :)

*This is important!* If you worked on Gaia l10n before the string
freeze, please make sure your translations are up-to-date. English
strings may have changed!


What about the dashboard?
-------------------------

You can see the compare-locales output on your locale's team dashboard.
For instance, for Polish, this will be:

https://l10n.mozilla.org/teams/pl

(We'll make it look nicer.)

If you can't see Gaia in there, sign up on the following etherpad and we
will hook your locale up:

https://l10n.etherpad.mozilla.org/community-gaia-list

Sign-off when you're done and have tested your work.


How to test my localization?
----------------------------

Use a desktop build!

See these quick & dirty instructions to get started:

https://gist.github.com/3793871

If they don't work for you, email me or talk to me on IRC. With your
help, I can make this HOWTO much more robust and accurate.

You might also want to check out these two blog posts by yours truly:

Running Boot to Gecko on your desktop
http://www.informationisart.com/11

How to test localizability of Gaia system apps
http://www.informationisart.com/13


Going beyond Bucket 1
---------------------

What else is in store? There will be a second string freeze, expect
updates on the schedule. And we'll also soon start the localization of
the Gecko part of Firefox OS, taken from mozilla-aurora. Think
netError.dtd, global.dtd, intl.properties etc. Most of that already
exists in mobile/ so I don't think there will be a lot of work there.


Questions?
----------

Come on, I thought I covered everything! ;)

Please do ask questions in this thread or on IRC. This process is an
interesting mix of old and new. There might be hiccups along the way,
but my goal is to make it as smooth as possible. I'll appreciate your
feedback and ideas!

Happy translating.

-stas

[Staś Małolepszy]

On 09/28/2012 07:07 PM, Staś Małolepszy wrote:

> How much time do we have?
> -------------------------
>
> You have until October 21st to complete this batch. But please follow
> the newsgroups in case the schedule changes.

Actually, it's October 26th!

That's even better, right?

-stas

[Reuben Morais]

On Sep 28, 2012, at 2:07 PM, Staś Małolepszy <st...@mozilla.com> wrote:
> Where are the files?
> --------------------
>
> The files live in Mercurial in the special gaia-l10n hierarchy:
>
> https://hg.mozilla.org/gaia-l10n/

Can we get MXR to index those repos?

And that directory is not listed in the Mercurial index at <https://hg.mozilla.org>, FWIW.

-- reuben

[Reuben Morais]