Re: [Tails-l10n] Call for testing: Tails translation platfor…

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Author: xin
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To: Tails localization discussion
Subject: Re: [Tails-l10n] Call for testing: Tails translation platform
> The intended workflow is that you should _suggest_ translations:
>
> https://tails.boum.org/contribute/how/translate/with_translation_platform/
>
> When the team that's trying to make our translation platform
> production-ready designed this access control setup, we agreed that
> it's acceptable that this requirement is enforced only via social
> rules, and not via technical means, for reviewers¹. I think that at the
> moment, these social rules boil down to the following sentence in the
> aforementioned doc page:
>
> Reviewers are asked to not bypass the review process for their own
> work, except perhaps to fix obvious and important problems.
>
> This doc did not exist yet when we initially called for testing the
> translation platform, and the Weblate UI encourages you to do
> something else, so it's fully understandable that you would :)
>
> All this comes from our requirement to accept reviewed translations
> only combined with Weblate technical limitations (no way to have
> "Waiting for review" translations not ending up in Git).



Thank you for this clarification!


> So, please try the now-documented workflow and report back if needed.
> I'm afraid you'll have to change your habits a bit :/



Now we start to do it right, it's not too late! :)

Cheers.
xin