Forum OpenACS Development: Any process for changing messages?

Posted by Janine Ohmer on 06/16/04 04:13 PM

I have a change to commit which includes changing the wording of a message. Do I have to do anything to notify translators that the translations will be out of sync?

2: Re: Any process for changing messages? (response to 1)

Posted by Joel Aufrecht on 06/16/04 06:14 PM

If you don't make the change in parallel on the translation server, your changes may be overwritten next time the translations are synced. We don't currently have a mechanism to do that notification - we discussed it at Heidelberg and it's on a list of desired improvements. Posting a blog entry on the front page of the site is probably the best we can do.

3: Re: Any process for changing messages? (response to 1)

Posted by Janine Ohmer on 06/16/04 11:14 PM

Thanks, Joel. I registered a few hours ago and am awaiting the granting of magical powers. :)

It looks like what I will want to do is to "translate" the English locale and edit the message there. Is that correct? Do I also need to commit the change to 5.1 or will it get merged in later from the transation server?

I don't see anything in the translator's guide about how to create new messages when necessary. What's the process for that?

Sorry if these are repetitive questions; I haven't had to do much of this so far. If there is a doc that I should read, feel free to send me off to RTFM. I just haven't been able to find one so far.