Re: xkeyboard-config: GNOME help for non-GNOME project needed, for GNOME3 release

[Sergey Udaltsov <sergey udaltsov gmail com>]

> The update is really massive. I do not mean to be disrespectful, but why
> did this happen?
There is no disrespect (well, not more than I deserved), you have all
right to question that.

> This is really a *huge* change for a in-version transition and you give
> out quite a short notice.
First, there was a plan to polish the keyboard layout descriptions.
The existing schema implicitly used simple convention "<Country> -
<variant description" that did not adhere to the ideas of GUI gurus
overlooking GNOME 3. That had to be changed. While  gnome code for
that change was around for a while, there was no action to change the
actual descriptions. Perhaps, it is mostly my personal mismanagement
fault. William McCann made really heroic standup a couple of nights
ago - he "HIGified" (as I call it) all description in base.xml.in.
There was preliminary agreement to make out-of-schedule release of
xk-c for GNOME3 (while the scheduled release in May will happen as
usual). That's how we ended with the current situation.

So, in short:
1. There will be release 2.2 of xk-c with improved descriptions, next
Monday (9 days from now). That will allow people to create live cds
with gnome 3. It would be great to have as many translations as
possible - while I realize that short notice will inevitably affect
the statistics.
2. There will be another release 2.3 of xk-c in May. That would give
translators more time to improve translations. Since the change in
descriptions is really huge, I could consider string freeze longer
than usual 2 weeks. I think for distributions it would be better to
use that release rather than 2.2.

I appreciate the hard work of translators and I understand you guys
always do your best - so please accept my apologies for such a short
notice. If some translations are not done - that is going to be my
fault, not yours.

Sergey