[wp-hackers] Plugins and themes localization

[scribu]

I see, Zé, but I don't think it's such a headache, the author just need to
list the localizations he/she is distributing with the package, if there are
localizations done after, they'll be added to the next release. Besides it's
not supposed to be mandatory, isn't it?

As a plugin developer, it would be an extra burden for me. An
acceptable solution would be for WP Extend to figure out which
localizations are included, like somebody suggested in this topic.
This could be done using the Domain Path header included in the
plugin.

On 11/19/09, Cátia Kitahara <contato at catiakitahara.com.br> wrote:
>>
>> Cátia, better handling of all aspects related to i18n is going into a
>> project called GlotPress <http://glotpress.org>.
>>
>
> Scribu, as far as I know GlotPress is just a translation tool. I started
> this subject at Polyglots list, but Zé suggested me this is the place to
> have it.
>
> I am not too sure of the benefits of listing which translations are
>> available, as a specific section on the readme. Why? Because
>> maintaining that information is just going to be another headache for
>> plugin/theme authors, as the translations probably come in on a
>> different cycle than the "normal" release cycle of the theme or
>> plugin.
>>
>
> I see, Zé, but I don't think it's such a headache, the author just need to
> list the localizations he/she is distributing with the package, if there are
> localizations done after, they'll be added to the next release. Besides it's
> not supposed to be mandatory, isn't it?
>
>
>> I'd suggest simply indicating if it is internationalized or not, and
>> on downloading you'd see which translations are available at that
>> particular moment.
>
>
> But the point of displaying these informations is to avoid the need of
> downloanding the plugin/theme and to have these informations at hand.
>
>
>> Maybe the information on which languages are
>> available (at the time of that particular release) could simply be
>> listed on the description section, as well as instructions for
>> translators on where to send their language files, informally.
>>
>
> Or maybe on another section called "Localizations". At least for themes,
> it's possible to search for the tag "translation ready".
>
> We need to work towards a situation where the plugin developer does
>> not need to get involved for translations to happen much like we have
>> for the core of WordPress where the translation files are stored in
>> separate svn and the translators have deployment tools available.
>>
>
> Peter, I don't know about plans for a plugin/themes localizations official
> repository, and I don't know if that's the case.
>
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