Translations and 1.9.0

[Christian Stimming]

Am Sonntag, 5. Februar 2006 19:59 schrieb Nigel Titley:
> (...) but in the past Christian has occassionaly forgotten to send
> the .pot file to the translation project until the last minute. In this
> particular instance, with so many new strings to translate I felt that
> as much time as possible would be helpful.

You are referring to the 1.8.x translations, where we had a (say) 1.8.5 
release out there, and the next 1.8.6 release needed a little bit translation 
work. The fundamental problem was that the translators of course couldn't 
wait for the official 1.8.6 release (because at that time their translation 
should already be included), but they also couldn't use the 1.8.5 tarball. So 
we needed some "unofficial pre-release package", which was a constant source 
of confusion as soon as I provided one.

This time everything is different. Every 1.9.x package is a pre-release for 
2.0.0. This will clearly be explained once we come close to a string freeze. 
As I already explained in that other email: Translators *can* start before 
the string freeze, but to avoid potential disappointment about 
changing strings I don't actively encourage that now. See 
http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Translation_Status . Please wait until we come 
close to a string freeze before you actively invite anyone for translations.

Christian