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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

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  • Analysis/Diff reports of packages with outdated translations with upstream.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)
  • 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.

Release Notes