Translation of properties files

[Lukas Hämmerle]

On 07.10.15 11:02, Ian Young wrote:
>> If others (e.g. the Shibboleth team) would like to give it a try
>> too: * Go to https://translate.zanata.org/zanata/ * Sign Up to get
>> an account/log in with social ID, then send me your account details
>> and I'll make you a maintainer * Start translating on 
>> https://translate.zanata.org/zanata/project/view/shib-idpv3-translations
>> 
> I'll do this today. I'd expect other members of the team will want to
> come in as well.

Ok, just send me their zanata account name and I'll add them.


>> Assuming there willbe some translations of the IdP properties available
>> at some point, the question is if they would be:
>> * bundled in the Shib IdP
>> * offered via the Shib web page in a separate package
>> * offered by federation operators that might want to brand them/adapt
>> them further for local use
>>
>> Any comments from the Shibboleth team on this?
> 
> Good topic for discussion. To start, though, do you see those as
> exclusive options, or is it possible for us to ship a baseline set that
> is overridden by deployers?

Of course I don't see them as exclusive options. I think it's mostly a
question between the first two options. The third one (fed ops offering
localized/federation-specific translations) will most probably be used
anyway.

So, from the Shibboleth team's perspective it's mostly a question
between the first two options. For the IdP deployers it certainly would
be quite beneficial to get translated files out of the box but I also
could understand if the Shibboleth team would want to provide these
files in a separate bundle that is marked as
"community-provided/contribution" or similar.


Best Regards
Lukas

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