Re: Does Translation auto merge between default, stable, old stable releases?

[Yuri Chornoivan <yurchor ukr net>]

> > On Sat, May 29, 2021 at 10:34 AM Yuri Chornoivan via gnome-i18n <gnome-
i18n gnome org> wrote:
> субота, 29 травня 2021 р. 11:24:46 EEST Alexandre Franke написано:
> > On Fri, May 28, 2021 at 7:17 PM Yuri Chornoivan via gnome-i18n <
> >
> > gnome-i18n gnome org> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > There is a huge problem with old branches in whole GNOME. You can have the
> >
> > > master branch translated but the actual package can contain some old
> > > stable
> > > branch (say 3.22) that you cannot see from the main team page. If you do
> > > not
> > > know where to find the _actual_ branch it becomes a real PITA for the
> > > users.
> >
> > How is this a problem exactly? Old branches are most probably not going to
> > see a release and translations brought to them would then never reach the
> > user. *That* would indeed be wasted work. On the rare occasion where you
> > know that a given old branch will have a release, you can still find it, as
> > you pointed out.
>
> That's it. No releases, no new translations, no updates. Translation of 
master
> is a waste of time (?).
>
> No releases for old branches (like 3.22, which was your example).
>
> Work should be done on the current stable branch + master. Always. It’s 
working on old releases that is a waste of time.
> > Translations and Damned lies are not a completionist game where the goal 
is
> > to have 100%, even on past releases. Old releases may not be fully
> > translated, and that is fine.
>
> "If you didn't come to party, then why did you come here?" (Jarvis Cocker)
>
> That's too bad. I've tried to complete GNOME translations (master and 
"stable"
> branches) through almost 1.5 years but just a quick glance on LP shows the
> discrepancy for the "old good applications" with "stable" branch with no new
> releases. With no regular release system (like KDE releases), translating
> these GNOME applications is just a waste of time.
>
> What are you talking about? I said that working on **anything else than 
master+stable** was a waste of time. We do have regular releases, please don’t 
make such statements if you don’t know what you are talking about. See 
https://wiki.gnome.org/FortyOne for the current cycle.
>

Please calm down a bit.

We have witnessed at least several cases of the "blast from the past" since 
GNOME 40 release when the translations from "master" were suddenly replaced by 
the translations from the "old old stable" (these translations were actually 
used in the release). Those translations have not been shown on the main page 
until the "hidden" stable branch were created. It's a matter of fact.

Best regards,
Yuri