[translations] Re: Git translation branch policy change: merge with and from stable/2.16

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2012/8/15 John Mandereau <john.mandereau@xxxxxxxxx>:
> From now on, translation branch at the repository on Savannah should no
> longer be merged with master and into staging; instead, it should be
> merged with stable/2.16.  This will be so until activity on stable/2.16
> drops, that is, when changes in documentation cease to be backported, or
> when you translators have reached some well-defined goal (for example,
> achieve a full translation of some manual), or when 2.16 releases stop.
> Unless there is a plan to merge stable/2.16 into master, commits
> regarding translations should be backported from translation to staging
> branch; I'm taking over this task now, but all people who are used to
> merge translation and staging/master (Francisco, Jean-Charles) and feel
> comfortable with cherry-picking may do this.

Allright,

> As a consequence, extreme care must be taken when merging translation
> branch into stable/2.16: build must be done from scratch in a build
> directory separate from source tree.  I take over from this task and
> will give notice if I have difficulty doing so frequently enough (say,
> twice a week).  Merging translation and stable/2.16 should be done with
> the same care.

and allright. I have many pendant tasks as a plain translator; if I
need something more than pushing to translation to be done, I'll say.

Thanks John,
-- 
Francisco Vila. Badajoz (Spain)
www.paconet.org , www.csmbadajoz.com



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