xfce/modules/trunk(-po): all core modules?!

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On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 12:19:14AM -0800, Brian J. Tarricone wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:08:02 +0100 Stephan Arts wrote:
> 
> > On Nov 28, 2007 9:04 AM, Stephan Arts <stephan at xfce.org> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I was wondering, what is the policy regarding the
> > > xfce/modules/trunk(-po) link in svn?
> > >
> > > Does it cover all 'core' components, or should it cover all trunk's
> > > from every component inside the xfce repositories?
> [...]
> > > I imagine some of these components are outdated, depricated or
> > > abandoned. Others are brand-new or experimental. But in any case, I
> > > believe the xfce/modules/trunk(-po) links are a bit outdated, it
> > > might be a good idea what to include and what to exclude from it.
> > 
> > s/good idea/good idea to discuss/
> 
> I don't think this really needs much discussion: it appears to only be
> useful for translators, so it should include whatever is useful for
> translators.
> 
> It tends to fall out of sync with the actual modules present because
> someone has to remember to update it.  Feel free to do so yourself.
> 
> On the other hand, if a script didn't want to rely on those, they could
> simply do something like this:
> 
> for module in `svn ls http://svn.xfce.org/svn/xfce/`; do
>     svn co http://svn.xfce.org/svn/xfce/$module/trunk/po $module-po
> done
> 
> ... with something similar done for the branches.  Modules that don't
> have po dirs or don't have a trunk anymore will simply fail.  Annoying
> maintenance problem solved.

That's no-no for the translator.  He is going to translate everything,
which covers more than the core components of Xfce, and waste time.  The
external svn links keep the list of components dynamic, e.g. there is no
static list to update as it is the case currently for some scripts.

For trunk-po, I would go for this list:

 - libexo
 - libxfce4menu
 - libxfce4util
 - libxfcegui4
 - mousepad
 - squeeze
 - terminal
 - thunar
 - xarchiver
 - xfburn
 - xfcalendar
 - xfce-mcs-manager
 - xfce-mcs-plugins
 - xfce-utils
 - xfce4-appfinder
 - xfce4-icon-theme
 - xfce4-mixer
 - xfce4-panel
 - xfce4-session
 - xfce4-terminal
 - xfdesktop
 - xfmedia
 - xfprint
 - xfwm4

The rest has either nothing to translate or is outdated.

You shouldn't wait to commit these changes, if you see that component
foo is missing, you can add it afterwards.  I did so on svn/goodies.


Some random comments:

 - xfce4-trigger-launcher: panel plugin, move it over goodies?

> 	-brian

mike