Request for comments: damned-lies feature to display release dates of extra packages

[Gabor Kelemen <kelemeng gnome hu>]

Looks like the first time this was eaten by the moderation queue, sorry. 
Let me try again:


Hi developers

I'd like to request opinions on this bug[1]. This is about developing a 
feature in damned-lies to make it easier for maintainers of extra 
modules to communicate upcoming release dates to translators. Currently 
translators have hard time to decide which extra modules to translate, 
as information on their next scheduled release date is scarce. I'd like 
to change this situation by making it quicker and easier to communicate 
this information.

The base idea from maintainer point of view is this:

We could extend the .doap files in repositories with a new element, so 
that you could communicate the scheduled release date of your project by 
committing a single line to your project tree. After that damned-lies 
would take over presenting the information towards translators.

If you maintain modules outside of the core set, I'd like to hear your 
opinion under the bug: would you use this method, would it make it 
easier for you to notify translators compared to emailing gnome-i18n? Is 
this a technical issue at all, or a "people's mentality" problem?

This is only an idea yet, but without developers approval/interest it 
makes no sense to implement it, that's why I'm asking opinions now.

[1] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=687114

Regards
Gabor Kelemen