Re: Translations at pgfoundry (was Re: [PATCHES] Latest Turkish translation updates)

On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 02:08:20PM +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > > Maybe we should have a pgfoundry project where all translations
> > > were kept, and from which the main CVS could be updated
> > > semi-automatically. Then we wouldn't have Peter checking out and
> > > committing all the time.
> >
> > That sounds like a fine idea.  My only concern would be the
> > "not-maintained-here" syndrome, which occurs every time some CVS tree
> > contains a file that is actually maintained by an external group,
> > thus blocking the maintainers of the former CVS tree from applying
> > necessary fixes at times.  Nevertheless, I think this is a winner. 
> > Let's consider it when we start the 8.1 cycle.
> 
> OK, is anyone opposed to this idea?  I would register a pgfoundry 
> project (name suggestions? "translations"?), give most established 
> translators commit access, and move the statistics pages there.

Sounds good.  Maybe the name is too generic; what about
"server translations", or something like that?

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