On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Jan Kundrát <jkt@g.o> wrote:
>> Nothing will change for GDP. The GuideXML will continue to exist, you
>> will be able to edit XML files directly as usual. There will be only
>> improvements here (like stats for translators, an editor, etc).
>
> See, this is *exactly* why I wrote this mail. What are "statistics for
> translators"? I'm a translator myself, and nobody asked me what could
> help me. What translators indicated that they consider that an
> improvement over current way with metadoc.xml/overview.xml/trads.rb?
>

Hey man, relax! :)
I'm also a translator, I have some ideas/needs that need to implement.
I was going to ask you (you as in other translators) for additional
ideas, I just didn't get there yet, i'm still struggling with the LDAP
backend for the time being.

> I welcome the change to git, it's great that you're willing to undertake
> it, but it will surely affect the way how GDP works.
>
> Whether a WYSIWYG editor is an improvement (or would just cause troubles
> for translators due to line noise in diffs) is debatable IMHO, but that
> discussion has been already started and abandoned several times.
>
> Cheers,
> Jan
>
> [1] http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=gorg&list_id=200467
>
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PS Sorry for the duplicate, I sent it only to you the first time by mistake