Re: Translations contributions urgently needed

2018-02-22 18:20 GMT+01:00 Thom Brown <thom(at)linux(dot)com>:

> Hi,
>
> I have found that Japanese language support for the database server
> has been dropped for 10. This is because it fell below the 80% of
> strings translated requirement, so it was shipped without Japanese.
> This isn't true of all components, but it seems quite alarming that
> we've pushed out PostgreSQL 10 with no language support for a country
> that has contributed a significant amount to the project, and has a
> relatively large number of users.
>
> The database server also dropped support for Indonesian and Portugese
> (Brazil). In fact, just between 9.6 and 10, the following language
> support was dropped for these components:
>
> cs | plpython
> de | pg_resetxlog
> es | pg_resetxlog
> fr | pg_resetxlog
> id | postgres
> it | pg_resetxlog
> ja | pg_basebackup,pg_resetxlog,plpython,pltcl,postgres,psql
> ko | pg_resetxlog
> pl | pg_resetxlog
> pt_BR | pg_basebackup,pg_resetxlog,pltcl,postgres
> ru | pg_resetxlog
> sv | pg_resetxlog
> tr | plperl
> zh_CN | pg_basebackup,pg_resetxlog,pltcl
> zh_TW | plperl
>
> This is a huge amount of compared to what happened between 9.5 and 9.6:
>
> cs | psql
>
> between 9.4 and 9.5:
>
> cs | pltcl
> ro | pltcl
> tr | libpq,pltcl
> zh_TW | pltcl,psql
>
> and between 9.3 and 9.4:
>
> cs | pg_basebackup,pg_resetxlog
> ja | pg_basebackup,pg_resetxlog
> zh_TW | pg_ctl,postgres
>
>
> There are many translations that are on the verge of falling under
> 80%. Japanese alone has 6 components between 80-83%, but other
> languages are in a similar position.
>
> I feel this is something that we, as a community, need to address.
> Unfortunately, some of us aren't in a position to contribute to such
> an effort. We need folk to step forward to help get these
> translations updated, or this situation will likely only get worse.
>

I'll try to fix cs part. Some components are not too important for us - but
psql and pg_basebackup should be translated. Probably there are zero users
of pltcl and few users with plpython (but these users usually prefer
English lang).

Pavel

>
> Thanks
>
> Thom
>
>