Re: String freeze coming soon

["Elijah Newren" <newren gmail com>]

On 8/26/07, Christian Rose <menthos gnome org> wrote:
> On 8/22/07, Claude Paroz <claude 2xlibre net> wrote:
> > Hi Christian and Danilo,
> >
> > String freeze is coming soon for GNOME, and I would like to know if
> > something has changed since GNOME 2.18.
> > I've heard that Danilo has tried to create a team to handle this, but
> > didn't receive any news about the outcome.
> >
> > I'm a little worried when string freeze break request are left
> > unanswered, as it has been the case in the previous release, AFAIR. Do
> > one or both of you plan to follow requests on gnome-i18n? Do you plan to
> > delegate or to mentor other persons for this?
> >
> > Maybe mentoring some people that submit the answer to you before
> > answering on the list would be the most "pedagogical" way to proceed...
> >
> > We can also discuss this on IRC if you want.
>
> I still won't be able to fulfill the duties of a Translation Project
> spokesperson for the forseeable future, and I would happily assign my
> position to you as soon as possible, if I could only get the other TP
> spokesperson, Danilo, to agree on that. So far I've unfortunately been
> unsuccessful at contacting him, so I don't know whether he agrees or
> not, and since I unfortunately wasn't able to attend Guadec this year,
> I know nothing more than you about Danilo's plans.
>
> Personally, I think the most straightforward solution right now is to
> continue with two TP spokespersons, where my position will be replaced
> with someone else. Release team, I would be happy to see Claude on
> that position. He has already done a tremendous amount of work
> responding and coordinating efforts on the gnome-i18n mailing list,
> and I think he and Danilo will be able to continue doing a good job,
> working as a team.

If you've been trying to contact Danilo and just haven't been able,
I'd say that Christian being happy with this change is more than
enough.  Can we get the appropriate websites listing the GTP
spokespersons updated and an email sent to devel-announce-list or
gnome-i18n (or both?) announcing this change?

Elijah