Re: string freeze breakage in file-roller

[paolo bacch tin it]

Il sab, 2004-03-06 alle 08:41, Kjartan Maraas ha scritto:
> fre, 05.03.2004 kl. 20.35 +0100, skrev Paolo Bacchilega:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > in order to fix bug #135863 ("Zip" unfortunate terminology in
> > file-roller) I have to change some strings thus breaking the freeze.
> >
> Hrm. This is not the way to proceed when we are this deep into the
> freeze period. It has been stated that approval is needed *before* the
> changes are commited to CVS, so merely informing the teams about a
> change is not enough.

you are right.

> The GTP decides if the string changes go in or
> not, and my gut feeling is that this would not be approved this late.
>
> > I hope this is less annoying than trying to translate the term "zip"
> > in other languages ;)
>
> It has been this way "forever" and it can surely wait until after 2.6.0
> to be improved on. This is why we have ui-review and string review
> periods long before the freezes set in.

no it hasn't been this way forever, the term "zip" was suggested some
time ago during an ui-review

>
> Cheers
> Kjartan
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