Translation category overhaul
The actual discussion is expected to happen at the mailing list thread. This issue primarily exists for reference inside GitLab.
Since I'm always interested in advancing the app reorganization and presentations, like on apps.gnome.org, I would like to propose a new GNOME Circle category (release set) for Damned Lies.
@afranke told me that it would be helpful to have a concept of how a new category together with a cleanup/overhaul of categories could help with the giant 50.000 strings main category. So I took a deep dive into the modules, created some .ods-sheets, and came up with the proposal below.
I tried to align the proposal with the “Foundation Policy on Official GNOME Software” [SoftwarePolicy]. Note, that the current category structure violates this policy by branding a lot of software as “GNOME” while it is not part of Core or Circle.
I would like to know if this looks like a good direction and how we could proceed on this.
| Module | Strings | Description |
|---|---|---|
| GNOME 42 – Core | 25.000 | All Core modules except “core-developer-tools” |
| • Essentials | 8.000 | Subset with shell, Settings, Files, Web, and viewer apps |
| • Non-Essentials | 17.000 | The remaining Core components |
| GNOME 42 – Developer Tools | 7.000 | |
| • Apps | 2.000 | Builder etc. |
| • Library Properties | 5.000 | Translated object properties |
| GNOME Circle | 2.000 | |
| Games | 3.000 | |
| Evolution | 6.000 | |
| Other Applications | 54.000 | Previously “Extra GNOME Applications” |
(All numbers are estimates and may change for various reasons.)
Give smaller and new translation teams a way to focus
Estimated reduction of the number of strings by about 50%, from 50.000 to 25.000 strings, in the “GNOME 42 – Core” category. Additionally, an “Essentials” sub-category provides a more realistic translation goal.
More visibility for GNOME Circle apps
Translators that want to translate Circle apps, currently have to look up what apps are part of Circle. Also, this again provides another translation goal that is smaller than just the complete “Extra GNOME Applications” category.
Potential fallout
Examples for apps that would currently stay in “Other Applications” and therefore could be treated with less priority:
- geary
- gthumb
- pitivi
- rhythmbox
- shotwell
Examples for apps that would move out of “GNOME 42”:
- evolution → “Evolution”
- gnome-todo → “Other Applications”
- gnome-tweaks → “Other Applications”
- polari → “Circle”
- gnome-builder → “GNOME 42 – Developer Tools”