Agenda: Weekly Polyglots Chat – Jan. 23, 2017

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Here’s the agenda for the chats this week. If you have anything you’d like to add, please leave a comment.

Weekly localeLocale Locale = language version, often a combination of a language code and a region code, for instance es_MX denotes Spanish as it’s used in Mexico. A list of all locales supported by WordPress in https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/ stats
WP 5.1 Beta 2
- Soft string freezeString freeze The term "string freeze" is used by the core team to mark the end of changes to the strings of an upcoming release. A string freeze also means that there will be no more strings added to the core project. Sometimes a string freeze has two phases a soft freeze and a hard freeze. A string freeze is announced on the Polyglots blog by the current release lead.
- Scheduled relese date is February 21
Feedback needed
- Docs team: Tone & Voice Guide draft
- CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. readme translation suggestion (#meta-2890)
Global WordPress Translation Day 4
- Potential dates: April 13 (Sat) or April 28 (Sun)? (based on the feedback on Doodle)
- Call for the organizing team
FYI: Our Strengths and Challenges post
Time permitting: Open floor

Chat time:

Wednesday, January 23, 2019, 6:00 AM GMT in #polyglots

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Naoko Takano 5:26 am on January 23, 2019

Another item: reviewing HelpHub localization plan draft (ref)
Naoko Takano 8:18 am on January 23, 2019

I’m not going to do a separate post as #weekly-meeting-notes, so here are some things we discussed in addition to the agenda.

Meeting link

Attendance: @tobifjellner @nukaga @atachibana @kenshino @mayukojpn @takashi9 @mehedihasan @rrishabh @nandz @priyankabehera155 @mukesh27 @xavivars

5.1 betaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. 2
@tobifjellner shared:
The new stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. haven’t been imported yet to translate.wordpress.orgtranslate.wordpress.org The platform for contributing to the translation of WordPress core, themes and plugins., but it should happen any time soon. In the meantime: There’s a server part about PHPPHP PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML. http://php.net/manual/en/intro-whatis.php. upgrade advice, on wp-org. The strings are currently in metaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress./support (search for latest added strings).
And, as always, you can already look for whomever has commit access to your i18n.svn repoWordPress Localization Repository The WordPress Localization Repository at https://i18n.svn.wordpress.org/ is a Subversion repository where official WordPress translations are maintained. See Working with the Translation Repository for details. in order to create the branch 5.1. Note that there are a couple of small news in readme.htmlHTML HTML is an acronym for Hyper Text Markup Language. It is a markup language that is used in the development of web pages and websites. (ttps://core.trac.wordpress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org//browser/trunk/src/readme.html?rev=44490). Most significant is that the localeLocale Locale = language version, often a combination of a language code and a region code, for instance es_MX denotes Spanish as it’s used in Mexico. A list of all locales supported by WordPress in https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/ code is added in the top of the document.

There will be more updates on readme.html, stay tuned.

Locale-based SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channels
@xavivars brought up the idea of having channels like #polyglots-ca, etc. Asking in #meta-i18nInternationalization Internationalization (sometimes shortened to I18N , meaning “I - eighteen letters -N”) is the process of planning and implementing products and services so that they can easily be adapted to specific local languages and cultures, a process called localization. This is the process of making software translatable. Information about Internationalization for developers can be found in the Developer’s handbooks. and #helpslack didn’t result in finding out about the feasibility. He’ll be writing a P2p2 "p2" is the name of the theme that blogs at make.wordpress.org use (and o2 is the accompanying plugin). When asked to post something "on the p2" by a member of the Polyglots team, that usually means you're asked to post on the team blog https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/. post.

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