[development] String freeze

Erik Stielstra info at erikstielstra.nl
Tue Jul 3 10:53:17 UTC 2007



Angela Byron wrote:
> Greg Knaddison just asked about this in IRC, and given D6's focus as 
> "the i18n release," it's worth bringing this up, I think...
>
> Last release, we had a "string freeze" once we hit RC1. This meant 
> that any clarifications/clean-ups/etc. to any user-facing text (help 
> messages, form labels, etc.) were 'frozen' and couldn't be altered 
> after RC1 was released, in order to give translators ample time to 
> translate Drupal.
>
> a) Shall we go ahead and implement this policy again this release?
>
I'll like to continue the 'at RC1' string freeze policy with D6.
With the D5 release is was enough time to complete the Dutch 
translation. We had a fully translated D4.7 to work from so we 'only' 
had to translate the changes.

Sutha


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