Comments on: Localizing Firefox 3: Post 1 in a series about l10n http://blog.mozilla.com/seth/2008/06/03/localizing-firefox-3-post-1-in-a-series-about-l10n/ localization and community at mozilla Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:49:29 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Dwayne Bailey http://blog.mozilla.com/seth/2008/06/03/localizing-firefox-3-post-1-in-a-series-about-l10n/comment-page-1/#comment-115392 Dwayne Bailey Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:27:33 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/seth/?p=188#comment-115392 Some fellow Firefox translators have asked us how quickly we got our Tinderbox green (i.e. Firefox is building without errors); since we only started updating our translation in March. 5 minutes :) I don't think anyone believes me though! But honestly that's how long it takes to convert our PO files from old version to new and then to pump those back to the Mozilla format files. It does take me about 2-3 hours to review all the changes and check them into Mozilla CVS. But I'm almost 100% sure what I check in are correct, bugs that break builds are problems with the tools which we then fix. This whole process allows us to focus clearly on the translation and not get bogged down in the technical process. Some fellow Firefox translators have asked us how quickly we got our Tinderbox green (i.e. Firefox is building without errors); since we only started updating our translation in March.

5 minutes :)

I don’t think anyone believes me though!

But honestly that’s how long it takes to convert our PO files from old version to new and then to pump those back to the Mozilla format files.

It does take me about 2-3 hours to review all the changes and check them into Mozilla CVS. But I’m almost 100% sure what I check in are correct, bugs that break builds are problems with the tools which we then fix.

This whole process allows us to focus clearly on the translation and not get bogged down in the technical process.

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