Transdiff
Summary
Often even after 100% translation in Zanata, few packages do not get build with latest translations in Fedora. This result in poor localization experience. Transdiff is a python program to run on products installations for tracking translations with project upstream and generate diff reports.
Owner
- Name: Sundeep Anand
- Email: suanand@redhat.com
- Release notes owner:
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora 25
- Last updated: 2016-07-18
- Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
Detailed Description
Often even after 100% translation in Zanata, few packages do not get build with latest translations in Fedora. This result in poor localization experience. Transdiff is a python program to run on products installations for tracking translations with project upstream and generate diff reports.
Benefit to Fedora
- Analysis/Diff reports of packages with outdated translations with upstream.
- Fedora packagers or developers can monitor strings missing or breakage in translation.
- This is more from automated testing prospectives.
Scope
- Proposal owners: Complete script and package it for Fedora.
- Other developers: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
- Release engineering: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
- List of deliverables: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
- Policies and guidelines: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
- Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)
Upgrade/compatibility impact
N/A (not a System Wide Change)
How To Test
- Install transdiff package.
- Run script with required arguments.
- More details TBD
User Experience
This is more from developer and contributors perspective. They will able to find sync between downstream and upstream translations.
Dependencies
N/A
Contingency Plan
- Contingency mechanism: N/A
- Contingency deadline: N/A
- Blocks release? N/A
- Blocks product? N/A
Documentation
Will provide later.