Hi Inkscape developpers
sorry for polluting the dev-ML, especially in the beginning of a release cycle, but i'd like to ask you a question : would a translator mailing list be an appropriate tool ? I guess it may help a little bit, but I'm not sure it would be a decisive tool.
My main issue with translations is the fact that the software, strings and docs undergo the most important changes only a few days before the release and this does not give a lot of time to translators.
Updating strings is quite ok, as strings evolve parallely to feature development. But docs (such as tutorials and keys) can become a very heavy workload to be dealt in a very few days.
I have been very sorry not being able to bring an update of the keys for last release, and i would be very disappointed not being able to offer this for 0.44 release (especially because this release looks like the very best one up to now).
I'm very happy to see that - developpers bring lots of nice features and a stable/portable software - translation is taken care of in the release cycle - documentation is taken care of during the same release cycle I'd be even happier the doc translation was also integrated in the release cycle so that users can get a huge package (software + translation of the software + doc + translated doc + extensions + doc for extensions ...).
Regards,
matiphas