Dear OLPC / Sugar localizers,<br><br>Just a heads up that a "string freeze" is approaching in the release schedule for Sugar 0.86. This is an excellent time for localizers to check their languages for any new strings and to make an effort to finish up any fuzzy or untranslated strings. There have been some newly introduced strings, so even if your PO files were complete not too long ago, there may have been additions.<br>
<br>Sugar Release Schedule<br><a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/0.86/Roadmap">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/0.86/Roadmap</a><br><br>Language administrators should plan on spending a little time reviewing PO files for completeness and accuracy before committing them. If your language's PO files are not very complete, now is a great time to begin recruiting in additional localization help. <br>
<br>Remember, a string freeze is a restriction on developers introducing new user interface strings, it is the trigger for localization efforts to kick into high gear as there will be few if any changes in the UI strings until after the release. After the string freeze date, developers will post to this list asking permission for a "string freeze break" if they want to add any new UI strings. These requests are generally accomodated, but it is important that localizers know about them so they can polish off the late changes and commit the completed files.<br>
<br>cjl<br>