[geomoose-psc] [Geomoose-users] Add a language to GeoMoose

[Eli Adam]

On Mon, Dec 7, 2020 at 10:28 AM James Klassen <klassen.js at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Moving this to the PSC list for a procedural question:
>
> How should we apply the contribution guidelines to translation contributions?  In other words, when do translators need to accept the terms and be listed in the AUTHORS file?
>

Maybe we have a "Translators" section of the authors file?
Translators should accept the terms, although I would be fine with a
public acknowledgement of such in the public list archives.

> Our current practice is to have people submit a PR adding themselves to the AUTHORS file.
>
> Does this model for code (and docs?) fit for translators (who may be less comfortable working with git and submitting a PR than the typical code contributor)?

I think we will get more translations if we do that overhead for
people.  That would also let translators focus on translation.
Someone mentioned a French translation too, perhaps we should reach
out to them as well.  The more default languages included, the more
welcoming to more new users.

>
> Translations are sort of code (by implementation detail), sort of documentation, are mostly a statement of fact, but also could have a creative element.
>

Certainly a gray area, acknowledgement of the terms and a section in
the author file takes a conservative approach.


Eli

>
>
> On Mon, Dec 7, 2020, 08:29 Eli Adam <eadam at co.lincoln.or.us> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Flavio,
>>
>> Adding additional languages is great!  Can you open a Github issue
>> with it.json here, https://github.com/geomoose/gm3/issues?
>>
>> It looks like placement of the language file has come up before,
>> https://github.com/geomoose/gm3/issues/544
>>
>> And maybe we should actively call for additional translations there too!
>>
>> Best regards, Eli
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 29, 2020 at 11:43 PM flavio rigolon
>> <flavio.rigolon at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi all,
>> >  I'm using GeoMoose 3.6.2 and I've added my own "it.json" (italian language).
>> > The default languages are stored in
>> > "/srv/geomoose/gm3-example/htdocs/geomoose/src/gm3/lang/" but
>> > following the instruction [1] is implied but not explicitly said that
>> > we have to copy the. json file in the "home" directory (i.e.
>> > "/srv/geomoose/gm3-example/htdocs/desktop"). So, in my case I've set
>> > the "app.js" file like this:
>> >
>> > ------------------------------------------
>> > var app = new gm3.Application({
>> > mapserver_url: CONFIG.mapserver_url,
>> > mapfile_root: CONFIG.mapfile_root,
>> > map: {
>> > scaleLine: {
>> > enabled: true,
>> > //    units: 'imperial'
>> > units: 'metric'
>> > }
>> > },
>> > lang: {
>> > it: './it.json',
>> > },
>> > });
>> > ------------------------------------------
>> >
>> > and it works fine.
>> > Is it the case of edit the page [1] to explicitly point where the
>> > .json file must be? (I think there is also a trivial typo error in the
>> > page title: "...langauge" should be "...language").
>> > I've translated the .json file in italian; do you think it could be
>> > share to give a base point for other italian users like the es.json
>> > one for spanish?
>> >
>> > my 2 cents
>> > best regards
>> > flavio
>> >
>> > [1] https://geomoose.github.io/gm3/howto/add-a-language.html
>> >
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