Hi everyone,
I want to extend a massive thank you to everyone who has been involved
in localizing Firefox on iOS. I know it's had hiccups, but your
willingness to participate in a project that was bound to have a couple
of hiccups is greatly appreciated.
This month will mark the end of iOS v1 localization. Here are the dates
and milestones to add to your calendars:
*Schedule*
10 Aug. - String freeze and final en-US string export to SVN and Pootle.
14 Aug. - (soft) L10n freeze for Release Candidate build.
28 Aug. - (full) L10n freeze for final Release Candidate build*.
*Testing*
I understand that 5 days is tight. Pootle has sorted out automated
commits into SVN for the iOS project and Dwayne will be watching them
closely. We will have nightly l10n builds available for anyone with an
iOS device and an LDAP account soon in order to lower the barriers to
entry for testing your localization. Details about that will be shared
once they're available. If you do not currently have an LDAP account and
you're localizing Firefox for iOS, email me as soon as possible.
*Sign-offs*
This week I will ni flag you on the original bug you filed to localize
Firefox for iOS (remember that bug? It seems like it was so long ago...)
asking you to comment on your localization's state of ready for
shipping. If you feel that it's ready to ship (you're at 100% complete
on the dashboard, you've tested [or someone else has tested for you] or
you're 100% confident in your translations, etc.), then I'll ask you to
close that bug by *14 Aug*. All those who close their bugs by 14 Aug
will be included in the release build that's made that day. /*14 Aug. is
the day we want to have all l10n complete.*/
If you're on holiday and this message doesn't reach you by the 14th, but
you've been ready to ship and can't wait until 1.1, there will be a
final release build on *28 Aug*. Close your bug before that date, and
you'll ship with the second release build*.
If you have questions, please please please ask. We're happy to answer.
Thank you again,
Jeff
*I would note that there's a tiny chance that a second RC won't be
necessary; in that case the later set of completed locales will go into
the next release. We're planning a fairly fast cadence compared to
desktop or Android, so this shouldn't be too long.
--
*Jeff Beatty*
Localization Engineer
@mozilla_l10n <
http://twitter.com/mozilla_l10n>
801.367.3763