[Nano-devel] Translating nano

[Jean-Philippe Guérard]

Hi Everybody!

I've just updated the nano .po file and man pages for nano 1.3.8.

I'd like to point out that working on the nano translation is very 
frustrating.

As .po files are updated as soon as nano is released, but they are only 
released with the next nano release, translations are *always* out of 
sync, except where nano become stable.

The result of this is that people downloading the unstable version of 
nano are sure of getting an uncomplete translation. These people get the 
impression, that, as a translator, I'm doing a crappy job. Which is bad 
for my motivation :(

I would like to suggest the following change to the nano release process 
that would enable a much better integration of the translation process 
with the developpement process.

Instead of directly releasing a new unstable version of nano (e.g. 
1.3.9), release a 1.3.9-rc, and send the corresponding .pot file to the 
translation teams.

Then, one week after that, release the official 1.3.9 version, including 
all the new updated translations.

I don't think that this will be a huge burden for the nano team. And it 
would help *a lot* translators like me!

Thanks in advance!

-- 
Jean-Philippe Guérard
http://tigreraye.org