Hi Dominic,
1. The german do so since the german forum is open. For so it's a good idea.
2. Also a good idea, it should work if audacity is installed in the normal
folders or is there a possibility for the installer to check where audacity
is installed on my system ??
3. also an idea, like kevin says if this one get the favourite, no need of
the installer.
4. i dont like it, choose a region is complicated its better to choose the
language directly like it is.
5. and 6. I would do so, also for more than my language(german), not knowing
now, how much.
Greetings from Germany
Karsten Zeller
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From: "Kevin Brubeck Unhammer" <
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Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 12:04 PM
Subject: [Audacity-translation] Re: More frequent updates of translations
> From: Dominic Mazzoni <
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> Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 03:01:34 -0800
> Subject: [Audacity-translation] More frequent updates of translations
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>
> Translators,
>
> We have so many translations now that it's challenging to keep track
> of all of them. Doing a full release of Audacity is a lot of work;
> we can't afford to do a new one every time we get 1-2 new
> translations. This is unfortunate, though, because when people send
> us a new translation right after a new release, it can be a long time
> before most users see it.
>
> I am open to suggestions on how we can solve this issue. What do
> people think of these ideas?
>
> 1. When a translation has been updated, put it on the web so that
> people can download it, along with instructions (in that language)
> for how to install it.
>
> 2. Release new "language packs" regularly - every month, for
> example. The language pack would include a Windows installer that
> replaces your current translations in an existing Audacity install...
>
> 3. Have Audacity download the latest translations from the Internet.
> Would most users like this, or would it be a pain for most?
>
> 4. Independent of the other choices, what would people think about
> separating the languages by geography? For example, "Western
> Europe", "Eastern Europe", "Americas", and "Asia"? Ignoring
> difficulties of whether, say, Hungary is Western or Eastern, would
> this be useful? Right now the translations take up over 1/3 of the
> space of an Audacity download, but most people only use 1-2
> languages. Perhaps people in each region of the world could get
> their own installer... One advantage of this method is that we might
> be able to appoint a maintainer/coordinator for each group of
> languages. That person would have fewer languages to worry about but
> the ability to make official builds of Audacity.
>
> 5. Some of the above ideas involve translators actually creating
> installable packages. How many of you would be willing to learn how
> to create a Windows installer for your language? It's not, but it
> requires Windows and taking some time. How many of you would be
> willing to do this for a couple of other languages besides your own?
>
> 6. How many of you would be willing to help commit new translations
> to CVS (requires learning CVS and the details of CVS on SourceForge)?
>
> - Dominic
I think I would like a combination of #1 and #3 the best; I've never
had any problems with auto-update programs not getting through proxies
and firewalls anyway, and combined with being able to download updates
from the website, it seems all bases would be covered. If
auto-updating works for most people, it seems #2 - language packs -
would not be worth it.
On #4, if that means a user would have to choose a region, it seems
like it'd be a bit of a bother. Do people complain about download
size, or is this to be ready for future translations?
I would very much like to learn how to create installers and commit to
CVS (eventually; I'll be offline pretty much now until mid-January).
--
-Kevin Brubeck Unhammer
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