On Jan 27, 2008 5:15 AM, Drupal Norge drupalnorge@gmail.com wrote:

I am just wondering on the status of the localization server.

It seems that there are numerous translation teams who have installed the localization server on their own websites and Gabor mentioned on his e-mail regarding D6 packaging that: "The latest version of localization server also includes a flat export format, which exports files as you need to commit them to Drupal.org CVS.

So get those translations flowing!"

Should we install our own localization server or should we just wait for it to be installed in a drupal.org subdomain? Either of the two is okay...I am just wondering what our course of action will be.

****Gabor, what do you recommend?

Just posted a status update here: http://hojtsy.hu/blog/2008-jan-28/localization-server-status-update

Basically, I'd love if all translations teams could migrate to the central server on drupal.org, once it is in place, so I am not actively suggesting you setting up your own instance now. The central server will take maintenance burden from you, translations would be comparable, as all would work on the same releases of the same projects, stuff like cross-downloading 4 translations of 10 modules would be much easier if all is in one place, and drupal.org will get data back from the central server to show translation status on project pages (as part of quality metrics for projects). So lots of things suggest a central drupal.org server, but as outlined in the post above, I'd like people to have a good UI experience with that (while the current working versions are nice to work with but still to be refined) and also a snappy response time, which is still to be achieved with the load requirements on the server.

So for now, if you'd like to enjoy the translation server, feel free to join one team (if you can agree on a superset of what releases of what projects you'd like to translate), or start your own instance for now.

I'd like to have better contact with those running an instance of the server, so please mail me in private, and we will figure out something. It would be good to discuss ideas, and directions, so all good developments and innovations at individual teams are integrated as possible.

Gabor