Re: [evolution] String freeze break plea for gnome-43 branch

[Alexandre Franke <afranke gnome org>]

On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 11:45 AM Milan Crha via gnome-i18n
<gnome-i18n gnome org> wrote:
>         Hello,

Hi,

> I'd like to ask for a string freeze break approval for the 'evolution'
> project for the gnome-43 branch in order to apply change for [1] to it.

For my fellow i18n coordinator who will try to assess the situation
like I just did: the link is to an issue that’s closed. It links to a
related MR, which has been merged a while ago and is not what Milan is
trying to get approved here. The issues is closed via a commit that
contains the actual strings. I supposed that commit was on the main
branch and Milan is asking for approval to backport.

> There had been added only two options into GSettings, which have
> translatable the <summary> and <description>. It's a hidden option and
> the default is to use the header bars, thus there's no difference on
> the UI side with compare to the 3.46.0 release.

So those strings seem to be:

"Whether to use header bar in the application"

"When enabled, adds buttons to the header bar and uses it also for the
dialogs. Changing the option requires application restart."

I suppose the other new strings about icon size in the commit are not
going to be backported.

The second string feels a bit weird. In “and uses it”, what does the
“it” refer to? I suggest rephrasing this, e.g. "When enabled, adds
buttons to the header bar. This applies to dialogs as well. Changing
the option requires application restart."

> I returned back one string, "%s — Evolution",

Yes, this one is not an issue.

> That being said, I believe it's safe to include the change. The
> GSettings strings are hidden, thus may not cause any disruption in the
> GUI for regular users. The added functionality will help to those whom
> do not need header bars, which is a plus, from my point of view.

> From a pure i18n perspective, the request is reasonable and here is
approval 1/2. Please add the strings ASAP once you get the second
approval, so translators get as much time as possible before the .1
release.

-- 
Alexandre Franke
GNOME Hacker