[cdt-dev] Translation estimates

[Vivian Kong <vivkong@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi everyone,

Back in January I posted our translation schedule to the dev list.  Just to
reiterate:

>These are the builds from which translatable strings and properties files
will be extracted for translation:

                  Build
Drop1:            02/02
Drop2:            02/23 (M5+2)
Drop3:            03/16
Drop4:            04/06 (M6+2)
Drop5:            04/20 - VOLUME NEEDS TO BE VERY LOW FOR THIS ONE.<

There have been a lot of changes made to HEAD after CDT M5 (namely the new
project model).  This has a big effect on our translation estimates and I
would like to update our estimated word counts for the upcoming drops 3, 4
and 5.  I would like to know:

1) What changes are you planning to make in CDT 4.0 that will affect the
volume of translatable strings,
2) What is the approximate word count (just a guess), and
3) When do you plan to commit these changes?

I'd really appreciate it if I can get these numbers by Thursday.

Would it also be possible to get these changes in by the M6 timeframe?
Since our last major translation drop is targeted for M6+2.

I'd like to suggest turning on the NON-NLS string warnings in all CDT
plugin projects except tests.  We can check this setting into HEAD so all
errors can be caught.

Thanks!

Vivian Kong
IBM CDT Team
IBM Canada Toronto Lab
Phone: (905) 413-6067
Email: vivkong@xxxxxxxxxx