Re: Web based translation tool

[Michal Čihař]

Hi

Dne Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:02:49 +0200
Yaron Shahrabani  napsal(a):
> The Wine project is thinking about using Weblate in order to translate
> Wine, you can look at the following discussion and see for yourself.

That sounds great!
> Looking good although a litle immature, not sure about authentication as
> wel...

For authentication you can basically use anything what can be used in
Django. Any specific concerns on this topic?
> I'll talk to Michal Cihar and ask him for a roadmap for this project.

Well I don't have any real roadmap right now. I urgently needed
replacement for Pootle because we got hit by too many bugs there and
did not manage to understand the code there to be able to fix them
myself. So far I think it is in pretty good shape for day to day work
(with today's 0.5 release fixing few annoying bugs).

Of course there are some features missing, you can check what I plan
for 1.0 release here:

https://github.com/nijel/weblate/issues?state=open&milestone=1

I currently hope to have 1.0 in a month or so, but I really don't want
to commit to any specific date.

PS: I'm not subscribed to mailing list so please CC me on reply.

Fwd: Web based translation tool

[Yaron Shahrabani]

This is Michal's reply to our conversation.

Please keep him in CC for any further updates.

Michal, thank you so much for joining this conversation! ☺

Kind regards,
Yaron Shahrabani

<Hebrew translator>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Michal Čihař 
Date: Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: Web based translation tool
To: Yaron Shahrabani , [e-mail]

Hi

Dne Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:02:49 +0200
Yaron Shahrabani  napsal(a):
> The Wine project is thinking about using Weblate in order to translate
> Wine, you can look at the following discussion and see for yourself.

That sounds great!
> Looking good although a litle immature, not sure about authentication as
> wel...

For authentication you can basically use anything what can be used in
Django. Any specific concerns on this topic?
> I'll talk to Michal Cihar and ask him for a roadmap for this project.

Well I don't have any real roadmap right now. I urgently needed
replacement for Pootle because we got hit by too many bugs there and
did not manage to understand the code there to be able to fix them
myself. So far I think it is in pretty good shape for day to day work
(with today's 0.5 release fixing few annoying bugs).

Of course there are some features missing, you can check what I plan
for 1.0 release here:

https://github.com/nijel/weblate/issues?state=open&milestone=1

I currently hope to have 1.0 in a month or so, but I really don't want
to commit to any specific date.

PS: I'm not subscribed to mailing list so please CC me on reply.

--
       Michal Čihař | http://cihar.com | http://blog.cihar.com

Web based translation tool

[Yaron Shahrabani]

Hey guys!
Sorry for being so pushy but please tell me who do I need to talk to in
order to push this forward.

I can't use my Linux machine during the week and I don't have time to
create patches, establishing a Web interface will help me improve and
maintain the Hebrew translation of Wine.

Thanks for your guidance,
Kind regards,
Yaron Shahrabani

<Hebrew translator>

On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 1:15 PM, Yaron Shahrabani wrote:
> This is Michal's reply to our conversation.
>
> Please keep him in CC for any further updates.
>
> Michal, thank you so much for joining this conversation! ☺
>
> Kind regards,
>  Yaron Shahrabani
>
> <Hebrew translator>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Michal Čihař 
> Date: Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 12:27 PM
> Subject: Re: Web based translation tool
> To: Yaron Shahrabani , [e-mail]
>
> Hi
>
> Dne Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:02:49 +0200
> Yaron Shahrabani  napsal(a):
> > The Wine project is thinking about using Weblate in order to translate
> > Wine, you can look at the following discussion and see for yourself.
>
> That sounds great!
> > Looking good although a litle immature, not sure about authentication as
> > wel...
>
> For authentication you can basically use anything what can be used in
> Django. Any specific concerns on this topic?
> > I'll talk to Michal Cihar and ask him for a roadmap for this project.
>
> Well I don't have any real roadmap right now. I urgently needed
> replacement for Pootle because we got hit by too many bugs there and
> did not manage to understand the code there to be able to fix them
> myself. So far I think it is in pretty good shape for day to day work
> (with today's 0.5 release fixing few annoying bugs).
>
> Of course there are some features missing, you can check what I plan
> for 1.0 release here:
>
> https://github.com/nijel/weblate/issues?state=open&milestone=1
>
> I currently hope to have 1.0 in a month or so, but I really don't want
> to commit to any specific date.
>
> PS: I'm not subscribed to mailing list so please CC me on reply.
>
> --
>        Michal Čihař | http://cihar.com | http://blog.cihar.com

Web based translation tool

[Aric Stewart]

Hi Yaron,

Thanks for continuing to push this forward. I have been a bit swamped 
recently.  The thing is that there are several projects who are all JUST 
on the edge of being able to do what we need but none that are there yet.

I got an e-mail from a pootle developer saying that they are doing work 
to do just this sort of thing for the Mozilla project however it is not 
ready yet,  the wikimedia foundation is in the same boat.

I do not know if Weblate will work or not.

Basically we have 3 big requirements that have been sticking points for 
various solutions.

1) Real Names and e-mails for all contributors

2) Individual attribution for all translations. So we know exactly who 
changed what string.

3) Generate incremental diffs/patches/change sets divided based on 
translator.

Generally it is #2 that has been the hardest for projects to cope with.

-aric

Web based translation tool

[Nicolas Le Cam]

Le 15 mars 2012 16:12, Aric Stewart  a écrit :
> Hi Yaron,
>
> Thanks for continuing to push this forward. I have been a bit swamped
> recently.  The thing is that there are several projects who are all JUST on
> the edge of being able to do what we need but none that are there yet.
>
> I got an e-mail from a pootle developer saying that they are doing work to
> do just this sort of thing for the Mozilla project however it is not ready
> yet,  the wikimedia foundation is in the same boat.
>
> I do not know if Weblate will work or not.
>
> Basically we have 3 big requirements that have been sticking points for
> various solutions.
> -
>
> Real Names and e-mails for all contributors
> -
>
> Individual attribution for all translations. So we know exactly who
>
> changed what string.
> - Generate incremental diffs/patches/change sets divided based on
>
> translator.
>
> Generally it is #2 that has been the hardest for projects to cope with.
>
> -aric

Hi Aric,

I don't know weblate but as it is based on git (its home page says
'Tight git integration - every change is represented by Git commit') I
think #2 and #3 should be handled easily.

Web based translation tool

[Michal Čihař]

Hi

Dne Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:12:14 -0500
Aric Stewart  napsal(a):
> Basically we have 3 big requirements that have been sticking points for 
> various solutions.
> -
>
> Real Names and e-mails for all contributors
> -
>
> Individual attribution for all translations. So we know exactly who
>
> changed what string.

Every change made in Weblate is directly commited to Git repository
with current translator as author, so if you count authorship of Git
commit as attribution you get it. This was actually my reason for
starting with Weblate and Git integration is thing which makes it
different from other available tools.
> - Generate incremental diffs/patches/change sets divided based on
>
> translator.

Weblate currently does not try to merge subsequent commits from same
author, so you get single commit for each change.

Web based translation tool

[Jerome Leclanche]

2012/3/16 Michal Čihař
> Hi
>
> Dne Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:12:14 -0500
> Aric Stewart  napsal(a):
> > Basically we have 3 big requirements that have been sticking points for
> > various solutions.
> > -
> >
> > Real Names and e-mails for all contributors
> > -
> >
> > Individual attribution for all translations. So we know exactly who
> >
> > changed what string.
>
> Every change made in Weblate is directly commited to Git repository
> with current translator as author, so if you count authorship of Git
> commit as attribution you get it. This was actually my reason for
> starting with Weblate and Git integration is thing which makes it
> different from other available tools.
> > - Generate incremental diffs/patches/change sets divided based on
> >
> > translator.
>
> Weblate currently does not try to merge subsequent commits from same
> author, so you get single commit for each change.
>
> --

Michal Čihař | http://cihar.com | http://blog.cihar.com
>

If this is an issue, an intermediary repository can be set up to merge
translations and submit them. In fact, this can probably be done
automatically every 24 hours.

J. Leclanche

Web based translation tool

[Michal Čihař]

Hi

Dne Sat, 17 Mar 2012 22:49:31 +0000
Jerome Leclanche  napsal(a):
> 2012/3/16 Michal Čihař
> > Weblate currently does not try to merge subsequent commits from same
> > author, so you get single commit for each change.
>
> If this is an issue, an intermediary repository can be set up to merge
> translations and submit them. In fact, this can probably be done
> automatically every 24 hours.

For the projects where I use Weblate I don't consider this as an issue
as merging commits would probably cause more problems than it would
solve. With current approach, you simply merge weblate branch to master
and everything works nicely. With some sort of merging of commits
things get more complex.

For example for merging in intermediary repository you need to rebase
weblate's working repository and keep possible changes made meanwhile.
I'm not saying it can not be solved, but changing Git history (what
merging of commits actually is) can be tricky.

Web based translation tool

[Yaron Shahrabani]

I can't tell if it's a good idea but having a seperate repository should
lead to some crucial changes, the only way it will be possible is this:

This repository will have only the translations with a POT/PO file from the
original project (will be updated every couple of hours).
This repository will include only the English source and all the
translations, once in a while (Every month or week) the changes will be
merged back as one commit, the problem is I'm not sure git will enable
that...
It's like having a seperate module outside Wine tree...

Kind regards,
Yaron Shahrabani

<Hebrew translator>

On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Michal Čihař  wrote:
> jects where I use Weblate I don't consider this as an issue
> as merging commits would probably cause more problems than it would
> solve. With current approach, you simply merge weblate branch to master
> and everything works nicely. With some sort of merging of commits
> things get more complex.
>
> For example for merging in intermediary repository you need to rebase
> weblate's working repository and keep possible changes made meanwhile.
> I'm not saying it can not be solved, but changing Git history (what
> merging of commits actually is) can be tricky.

Web based translation tool

[Michal Čihař]

Hi

Dne Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:52:58 +0100
Michal Čihař  napsal(a):
> For the projects where I use Weblate I don't consider this as an issue
> as merging commits would probably cause more problems than it would
> solve. With current approach, you simply merge weblate branch to master
> and everything works nicely. With some sort of merging of commits
> things get more complex.

It turned out such feature seems to be important for more projects, so I
will end up implementing some way of merging of commits for 1.0.
Details can be found at https://github.com/nijel/weblate/issues/16

Web based translation tool

[Frédéric Delanoy]

On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 16:23, Michal Čihař  wrote:
> > With some sort of merging of commits
> > things get more complex.
>
> It turned out such feature seems to be important for more projects, so I
> will end up implementing some way of merging of commits for 1.0.
> Details can be found at https://github.com/nijel/weblate/issues/16

I don't know how your tool/system exactly works, so my comment may be
a bit naive/wrong, but instead of merging commits, couldn't there be
instead (or as a complement) some kind of session/transaction system
where a user translates a number of msgids, then sort of "commits" its
changes to close the session/transaction, which would trigger the git
commit creation?

That would (help) limiting the # of git commits created IMO, at the
cost of some additional complexity

Frédéric

Web based translation tool

[Michal Čihař]

Hi

Dne Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:00:04 +0200
Frédéric Delanoy  napsal(a):
> On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 16:23, Michal Čihař  wrote:
> > It turned out such feature seems to be important for more projects, so I
> > will end up implementing some way of merging of commits for 1.0.
> > Details can be found at https://github.com/nijel/weblate/issues/16
>
> I don't know how your tool/system exactly works, so my comment may be
> a bit naive/wrong, but instead of merging commits, couldn't there be
> instead (or as a complement) some kind of session/transaction system
> where a user translates a number of msgids, then sort of "commits" its
> changes to close the session/transaction, which would trigger the git
> commit creation?

You've basically described what I've outlined in issue referenced above
and implemented just now in Git, so yes I think this is better
approach than merging :-).

Web based translation tool

[Michal Čihař]

Hi

Dne Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:12:14 -0500
Aric Stewart  napsal(a):
> I do not know if Weblate will work or not.
>
> Basically we have 3 big requirements that have been sticking points for 
> various solutions.
> -
>
> Real Names and e-mails for all contributors
> -
>
> Individual attribution for all translations. So we know exactly who
>
> changed what string.
> - Generate incremental diffs/patches/change sets divided based on
>
> translator.
>
> Generally it is #2 that has been the hardest for projects to cope with.

I think Weblate now does all you request here. The software still has
some rough edges, but I want to polish them on way to 1.0 release in
upcoming weeks.

To help you with deciding, I've set up test installation with Wine
sources. For now I've only imported master branch:

http://wine.weblate.org/projects/wine/master/

Changes in Git repository are exported as:

git://git.weblate.org/wine-master.git

Please note that due to enabled lazy commits, the repository will not
get changes made in web interface until it is needed or explicitly
requested.

Web based translation tool

[Yaron Shahrabani]

On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 5:05 PM, Michal Čihař  wrote:
> To help you with deciding, I've set up test installation with Wine
> sources. For now I've only imported master branch:
>
> http://wine.weblate.org/projects/wine/master/

Hi Michal!
This is so wonderful! I'm glad you did that!
I can't register, can you please check why?

Kind regards,
Yaron Shahrabani.

Web based translation tool

[Michal Čihař]

Hi

Dne Thu, 5 Apr 2012 11:20:12 +0300
Yaron Shahrabani  napsal(a):
> On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 5:05 PM, Michal Čihař  wrote:
> > To help you with deciding, I've set up test installation with Wine
> > sources. For now I've only imported master branch:
> >
> > http://wine.weblate.org/projects/wine/master/
>
> Hi Michal!
> This is so wonderful! I'm glad you did that!
> I can't register, can you please check why?

Err, sorry. I somehow messed up email setup after testing out
registration. Should be fixed now.

Web based translation tool

[André Hentschel]

On 04.04.2012 16:05, Michal Čihař wrote:
> Hi
>
> Dne Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:12:14 -0500
> Aric Stewart  napsal(a):
> > I do not know if Weblate will work or not.
> >
> > Basically we have 3 big requirements that have been sticking points for 
> > various solutions.
> > -
> >
> > Real Names and e-mails for all contributors
> > -
> >
> > Individual attribution for all translations. So we know exactly who
> >
> > changed what string.
> > - Generate incremental diffs/patches/change sets divided based on
> >
> > translator.
> >
> > Generally it is #2 that has been the hardest for projects to cope with.
>
> I think Weblate now does all you request here. The software still has
> some rough edges, but I want to polish them on way to 1.0 release in
> upcoming weeks.

Hi all,
meanwhile there's Weblate 1.5, it seems to have what we want.
Is there still a reason not to use it for Wine?
Otherwise, could someone on the codeweavers side please have look at integrating it?

Web based translation tool

[Aric Stewart]

Hi,

I just wanted to say that I have not totally abandoned this.  A few months ago I again contacted my contacts at the various web translations sites and go no new good news. Still nothing gave us everything we needed.

I have been super busy with other work (hence the smaller number of patches as well) so I have not had time to really dig into weblate.  I have it bookmarked and want to dig.  Very first pass seemed to have very little information about what is required and how to set it up.

I have some more time this week so I will give it a much more serious look and try to see what I can find out.

-aric

On 6/17/13 4:30 PM, André Hentschel wrote:
> On 04.04.2012 16:05, Michal Čihař wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > Dne Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:12:14 -0500
> > Aric Stewart  napsal(a):
> > > I do not know if Weblate will work or not.
> > >
> > > Basically we have 3 big requirements that have been sticking points for
> > > various solutions.
> > > -
> > >
> > > Real Names and e-mails for all contributors
> > > -
> > >
> > > Individual attribution for all translations. So we know exactly who
> > >
> > > changed what string.
> > > - Generate incremental diffs/patches/change sets divided based on
> > >
> > > translator.
> > >
> > > Generally it is #2 that has been the hardest for projects to cope with.
> >
> > I think Weblate now does all you request here. The software still has
> > some rough edges, but I want to polish them on way to 1.0 release in
> > upcoming weeks.
>
> Hi all,
> meanwhile there's Weblate 1.5, it seems to have what we want.
> Is there still a reason not to use it for Wine?
> Otherwise, could someone on the codeweavers side please have look at integrating it?