Re: [RFC] Guide for adding new projects on Damned Lies

[Rafael Fontenelle <rafaelff gnome org>]

Hi all,

I'm thinking of adding it as a draft in GNOME wiki, unless someone
objects or has any other comment.

(below, Philipp's reply, which seems to mistakenly happen off-list)

Rafael

On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 1:46 PM Rafael Fontenelle <rafaelff gnome org> wrote:
> Hi Philipp
>
> You provided an interesting suggestion, as it would save everyone's time.
>
> However I feel that if the Translation Coordinators create (if not existent already) such criteria, these 
> should be placed in a specific page under the "Localization Coordination Team" section [1], and then added 
> a reference in this guide I'm proposing.
>
>
> [1] https://wiki.gnome.org/TranslationProject/#Localization_Coordination_Team
>
>
> Em seg, 30 de ago de 2021 12:27, Philipp Kiemle <philipp kiemle gmail com> escreveu:
> > Hello all,
> > Thank you for this good idea, Rafael! I really like the fact that the process of applying for an 
> > integration with DL becomes clearer.
> > While I am in no form qualified to decide on this, I would like to ask something:
> >
> > Is there already some place where project maintainers can find rules and criteria that their application 
> > has to meet in order to get accepted to DL?
> > If not, I'd love to see them here.
> > Two criteria that I can think of right now, for example:
> > - What kind of software do we accept (Shell extensions/standalone programs)?
> > - Does the software have to have a minimum number of users or some other relevance indicator?
> >
> > I don't want to say that letting the l18n coordinators decide by their personal opinion is necessarily a 
> > bad thing - I do trust their decision making.
> > However, I think that a "requirements checklist" could save them some time and provide guidance to 
> > developers.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Philipp
> >
> > Rafael Fontenelle <rafaelff gnome org> schrieb am Mo., 30. Aug. 2021, 13:49:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I haven't found a set of instructions from the project maintainer's
> > > point of view for adding a new project for localization in Damned
> > > Lies, and everytime I feel that linking a page to the maintainer would
> > > be more inviting.
> > >
> > > Having that in mind, I drafted a page that would probably fit as an
> > > item in the "For maintainers/developers of modules" section of
> > > TranslationProject wiki page [1]. It is in Markdown, as it was easier
> > > for me to generate a HTML output, but I would reformat in MediaWiki
> > > syntax to create the wiki page.
> > >
> > > Please find attached the draft both in Markdown and HTML file formats.
> > >
> > > Any thoughts? Feedbacks?
> > >
> > > [1] https://wiki.gnome.org/TranslationProject/#For_maintainers.2Fdevelopers_of_modules
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Rafael Fontenelle
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