Re: damned-lies: move "fifth-toe" modules in "gnome-extra" module set

[Gil Forcada <gforcada gnome org>]

El dc 22 de 04 de 2009 a les 11:58 +0200, en/na Gabor Kelemen va
escriure:
> Gil Forcada írta:
> > Hi,
> >
> > El dc 22 de 04 de 2009 a les 10:30 +0200, en/na Luca Ferretti va
> > escriure:
> >   
> >> The Fifth Toe module set in l10n.gnome.org no longer represents the
> >> real status of useful extra application. The latest "official" release
> >> of Fifth Toe was on mid 2003[1], some of that applications are no
> >> longer maintaned or developed.
> >>
> >> So, could we remove this set from l10n, moving its modules in "gnome-extra"?
> >>     
> >
> >   
> I agree to remove it too. Also, have anybody seen recently a
> gnome-office release? My google suggests[1] it is abandoned too.
> 
> > If some of them are no longer maintained why we keep them to being
> > translated at all? I agree to remove the category if it isn't
> > meaningful, but keeping old programs is just counterproductive for
> > translators.
> >
> >   
> 
> How do we define "no longer maintained"? :)
> There are already a lot of modules[2], that saw no non-translation
> commits since years, where "years" can be 1-2-3... so, how long should
> we keep modules listed as translatable?
> 
> I think we can consider a module too old to be worth translating if it
> has not touched by a maintainer in the last two years - if a module
> reaches this age, without even a tiny ".1 maintenance release" message
> in configure.in, I'd say it's safe to assume that it is practically dead
> and nobody would see our translations. If it gets a new maintainer, it
> can be re-added of course.

Fully agree.

Let's wait some days for others to give feedback and at weekend we can
remove from l10n.gnome.org those that you mentioned.

Cheers,

> [1]:
> http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Office/Office-Suites/GNOME-Office-3538.shtml
> - I can't fintd anything newer than this
> [2]:
> http://git.gnome.org/cgit/banter/log/
> http://git.gnome.org/cgit/cupid/log/
> http://git.gnome.org/cgit/drwright/log/
> http://git.gnome.org/cgit/eggcups/log/
> http://git.gnome.org/cgit/firestarter/log/
> http://git.gnome.org/cgit/gnome-pkgview/log/
> http://git.gnome.org/cgit/gnome-jabber/log/
> http://git.gnome.org/cgit/gnome-torrent/log/
> http://git.gnome.org/cgit/libgircclient/log/
> http://git.gnome.org/cgit/libgnetwork/log/
> http://git.gnome.org/cgit/medusa/log/
> http://git.gnome.org/cgit/msm/log/
> http://git.gnome.org/cgit/mlview/log/
> http://git.gnome.org/cgit/libmimedir/log/
> 
> Regards
> Gabor Kelemen
> 
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