[josm-dev] Wanted: Plugin Translation With Launchpad HowTo

[Holger Mappt]

On 24.12.2013 13:12, Dirk Stöcker wrote:
>
> The build.xml generates the manifest. To add translations to the
> manifest, the build.xml file must be changed to add or remove these
> lines. That is not so easy, as the build.xml files still do not follow a
> common style (although we try to unify them).

Actually, it's just plugins/build-common.xml that needs to be changed. 
I would not change plugins that don't use that file.  It's most 
beneficial for new plugins anyway.

>> * Translations for plugin description are extracted from PO files and
>> added to plugin MANIFEST.
>
> No. This is not done. The server adds these texts to the downloadable
> manifest extract, but the manifests itself don't contain these (yet).

Sorry, I mean the right way is to add the translations to the MANIFEST. 
  It's not the way it is done now, but I plan to implement it.

> While placing them in the manifest would actually be the PROPER way I
> never really found the energy to do so, as there is no real benefit.

It's hard to measure the benefit of internationalization.  But that 
doesn't mean it shouldn't be done.

Regards,
Holger