Re: DL commit (was: GNOME in Occitan)

[Claude Paroz <claude 2xlibre net>]

Le dimanche 11 avril 2010 à 18:11 +0200, Petr Kovar a écrit :
> Hi!
> 
> Claude Paroz <claude 2xlibre net>, Sat, 10 Apr 2010 21:51:21 +0200:
> 
> > Damned-Lies is still not authorized to commit the file itself. So you
> > still have to commit it yourself, then use the "Informer du commit" to
> > archive the actions.
> 
> When we're at it, I wonder what exactly is the blocker for the DL
> commit/push capability? As far as I understand it, everything needed has
> been done on the side of DL developers, right?

Almost right. Some polishing may still be required, but it is mainly
there.
We are still waiting for some sysadmin to write a Git hook to make the
process more secure.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=599066
I've recently heard that somebody was on the job, so there is some hope!

> Is there anything we, ordinary translators or coordinators, can do about
> that, to (help to) push things forward?

Blog about it, bribe a sysadmin or a Git guru, buy some ice creams :-)

> I believe that for many teams & translators (incl. those who have
> team commit access, but are otherwise limited in manpower and/or free time),
> the lack of automated commit/push capability means a major obstacle in their
> l10n workflow seamlessness at this time.

We're probably all convinced of that here. Hopefully this issue will be
resolved soon.

Claude