WordPress 4.4 hard string freeze – prepare your locales

Dear Polyglots,

We’re in hard string freeze, which means that no more stringString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. should be changed before the release of WordPress 4.4 on Tuesday, Dec 8th.

Let’s prepare our localesLocale 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/ for the release and automatic updates:

Projects to get to 100% to be eligible for an automated release

  • WordPress Development project: https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp/dev
  • WordPress Adiminstration: https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp/dev/admin
  • Network Administration: https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp/dev/admin/network
  • Twenty Sixteen: https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-themes/twentysixteen

Automated Releases – what you need to know

Some of you are already familiar with how automated releases work, but for those who are not, please read carefully the information about automated releases and what you need to do to prepare your 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/ for that:

Automated Release Packages

If you don’t have SVNSVN Apache Subversion (often abbreviated SVN, after its command name svn) is a software versioning and revision control system. Software developers use Subversion to maintain current and historical versions of files such as source code, web pages, and documentation. Its goal is to be a mostly compatible successor to the widely used Concurrent Versions System (CVS). WordPress core and the wordpress.org released code are all centrally managed through SVN. https://subversion.apache.org/. access or don’t know how to prepare/create your branches, please pingPing The act of sending a very small amount of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science to illicit a response from a target server to test it’s connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users might say something along the lines of “Ping me when the meeting starts.” @ocean90 on 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/ or in the comments below.

#hr, #ca, and #pl_PL: Don’t forget to remove your wp-content/$locale.php file.

In a comment following this post I will @mention the General translation editorsTranslation Editor Translation editors can approve translations for projects. The GTE (General Translation Editor) and LM (Locale Manager) roles can add new users with the "Project Translation Editor" role that can approve translations for specific projects. There are two different Translation Editor roles: General Translation Editor and Project Translation Editor of the locales that are not yet at 100%.

For any additional help, please post a comment on the #Polyglots channel on Slack, there will be someone to help you and answer your questions.

Thank you so much for your hard work and for bringing WordPress to the people who speak your language. 

Love,

Petya

#hard-freeze, #release

WordPress 4.4 string freeze and release date – bring your locales to 100%

Dear polyglots,

WordPress 4.4 RC1 and the soft string freeze for WordPress 4.4 were announced last night. WordPress 4.4 will become available for download on December 8th and it would be amazing if we have 60+ localesLocale 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/ fully translated by that date and ready to go with the official release.

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. indicates that all the stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. for the 4.4 release with the exception of the strings for the About page, are already in place and won’t be changed. It means it’s time to go ahead and prepare our locales for December 8th.

This is a global notification for all General Translation EditorsTranslation Editor Translation editors can approve translations for projects. The GTE (General Translation Editor) and LM (Locale Manager) roles can add new users with the "Project Translation Editor" role that can approve translations for specific projects. There are two different Translation Editor roles: General Translation Editor and Project Translation Editor

Hard freezeHard freeze See String freeze. A hard string freeze or a hard freeze is announced when all the strings of the upcoming release are frozen including the strings of the About page. A hard freeze is the final string freeze before a release. (the about page strings), which will be 100% of all strings for the 4.4 release, should be available for translation next Wednesday (December 2nd). That will give us about 6 days to finalize translations before this release reaches users.

Thank you in advance for your work and for bringing WordPress to so many people around the world.

Locales translated 95% + (13)

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/ WP Locale Version GlotPressGlotPress GlotPress is the translation management software that powers Translate.WordPress.org. More information is available at glotpress.org.
Armenian Հայերեն hy 4.3.1 97% hy Team
Dutch Nederlands nl_NL 4.3.1 95% nl Team
English (UK) English (UK) en_GB 4.3.1 99% en-gb Team
Esperanto Esperanto eo 4.3.1 99% eo Team
Greek Ελληνικά el 4.3.1 97% el Team
Hebrew עִבְרִית he_IL 4.3.1 99% he Team
Hindi हिन्दी hi_IN 4.3.1 99% hi Team
Hungarian Magyar hu_HU 4.3.1 99% hu Team
Italian Italiano it_IT 4.3.1 99% it Team
Romanian Română ro_RO 4.3.1 99% ro Team
Spanish (Chile) Español de Chile es_CL 4.3.1 99% es-cl Team
Turkish Türkçe tr_TR 4.3.1 99% tr Team
Welsh Cymraeg cy 4.3.1 99% cy Team

Locales translated 90% + (21)

Locale WP Locale Version GlotPress
Azerbaijani Azərbaycan dili az 4.3.1 92% az Team
Bulgarian Български bg_BG 4.3.1 91% bg Team
Danish Dansk da_DK 4.3.1 93% da Team
English (New Zealand) English (New Zealand) en_NZ 4.3.1 94% en-nz Team
English (South Africa) English (South Africa) en_ZA 4.3.1 90% en-za Team
Finnish Suomi fi 4.3.1 93% fi Team
Hazaragi هزاره گی haz 4.1.2 90% haz Team
Icelandic Íslenska is_IS 4.3.1 91% is Team
Indonesian Bahasa Indonesia id_ID 4.3.1 92% id Team
Korean 한국어 ko_KR 4.3.1 90% ko Team
Moroccan Arabic العربية المغربية ary 4.3.1 92% ary Team
Norwegian (Bokmål) Norsk bokmål nb_NO 4.3.1 93% nb Team
Norwegian (Nynorsk) Norsk nynorsk nn_NO 4.3.1 92% nn Team
Polish Polski pl_PL 4.3.1 91% pl Team
Portuguese (Brazil) Português do Brasil pt_BR 4.3.1 90% pt-br Team
Portuguese (Portugal) Português pt_PT 4.3.1 93% pt Team
Russian Русский ru_RU 4.3.1 90% ru Team
Slovak Slovenčina sk_SK 4.3.1 92% sk Team
South Azerbaijani گؤنئی آذربایجان azb None 90% azb Team
Spanish (Mexico) Español de México es_MX 4.3.1 91% es-mx Team
Spanish (Spain) Español es_ES 4.3.1 92% es Team

Locales with 50% + (42), locales with less than 50% (58)

Arabic العربية ar 4.3.1 89% ar Team
Basque Euskara eu 4.3.1 89% eu Team
Bengali বাংলা bn_BD 4.3.1 89% bn Team
Bosnian Bosanski bs_BA 4.3.1 89% bs Team
Catalan Català ca 4.3.1 89% ca Team
Chinese (China) 简体中文 zh_CN 4.3.1 89% zh-cn Team
Chinese (Taiwan) 繁體中文 zh_TW 4.3.1 89% zh-tw Team
Czech Čeština‎ cs_CZ 4.3.1 81% cs Team
Estonian Eesti et 4.3.1 89% et Team
French (Belgium) Français de Belgique fr_BE 4.3.1 89% fr-be Team
French (Canada) Français du Canada fr_CA None 84% fr-ca Team
Galician Galego gl_ES 4.3.1 89% gl Team
Georgian ქართული ka_GE 3.3 88% ka Team
German (Switzerland) Deutsch (Schweiz) de_CH 4.3.1 89% de-ch Team
Irish Gaelige ga None 58% ga Team
Kabyle Taqbaylit kab None 76% kab Team
Khmer ភាសាខ្មែរ km None 73% km Team
Kurdish (Sorani) كوردی‎ ckb 4.3.1 71% ckb Team
Lao ພາສາລາວ lo None 76% lo Team
Latvian Latviešu valoda lv 4.3.1 60% lv Team
Lithuanian Lietuvių kalba lt_LT 4.3.1 89% lt Team
Macedonian Македонски јазик mk_MK 4.1.1 84% mk Team
Malay Bahasa Melayu ms_MY 2.9.2 69% ms Team
Mongolian Монгол mn None 55% mn Team
Montenegrin Crnogorski jezik me_ME None 62% me Team
Myanmar (Burmese) ဗမာစာ my_MM 4.1 82% mya Team
Occitan Occitan oci 4.2.4 89% oci Team
Pashto پښتو ps 4.1.2 86% ps Team
Persian فارسی fa_IR 4.3.1 89% fa Team
Rohingya Ruáinga rhg None 51% rhg Team
Scottish Gaelic Gàidhlig gd 4.3.1 89% gd Team
Serbian Српски језик sr_RS 4.3.1 89% sr Team
Sinhala සිංහල si_LK 2.8.5 77% si Team
Slovenian Slovenščina sl_SI 4.3.1 89% sl Team
Spanish (Peru) Español de Perú es_PE 4.3.1 89% es-pe Team
Spanish (Venezuela) Español de Venezuela es_VE 4.3.1 89% es-ve Team
Swiss German Schwyzerdütsch gsw 3.7 66% gsw Team
Tagalog Tagalog tl 4.3.1 89% tl Team
Tamil (Sri Lanka) தமிழ் ta_LK 3.9 71% ta-lk Team
Uighur Uyƣurqə ug_CN 4.1.2 86% ug Team
Uzbek O‘zbekcha uz_UZ 4.1.1 63% uz Team
Vietnamese Tiếng Việt vi 4.3.1 89% vi Team

The #Polyglots channel on 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/ will have people to help you out in case you have dificulties or enounter bugs.

Thank you again for your work and time!

Kind regards,

Petya

#release, #soft-freeze, #string-freeze

Hi guys the 4.6 development branch for WordPress…

Hi guys, the 4.6 development branch for WordPress for Android has been frozen. That means it’s time to translate new stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. before the 4.6 release! Only 10 new app strings and 1 release notes text. Thanks!

#release, #request, #wpandroid

WordPress 4.3.1 has been released It is a…

WordPress 4.3.1 has been released. It is a security and maintenance release. There are no stringString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. changes.

In order to benefit from the automated release process make sure that your 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/ is prepared.

Also released: 4.2.5, 4.1.8, 4.0.8, 3.9.9, 3.8.11, and 3.7.11.

#announcement, #release

WordPress 4.3 has been released The results of…

WordPress 4.3 has been released.

The results of the intial build:

  • 35 release packages for 4.3 were built: he_IL, el, is_IS, it_IT, de_DE_formal, de_DE, en_GB, en_NZ, eo, fi, fr_FR, lt_LT, nb_NO, sv_SE, es_MX, th, cy, tr_TR, es_ES, sk_SK, nn_NO, pt_PT, ro_RO, en_CA, ko_KR, ar, bs_BA, hy, bg_BG, eu, pt_BR, en_AU, nl_NL, sq, and da_DK
  • 45 language packs for 4.3 were updated: hu_HU, he_IL, el, is_IS, id_ID, ja, it_IT, de_DE_formal, de_DE, en_GB, en_NZ, eo, fi, gl_ES, fr_FR, lt_LT, nb_NO, sv_SE, es_MX, th, cy, tr_TR, es_ES, sk_SK, nn_NO, pl_PL, pt_PT, sr_RS, ro_RO, en_CA, ko_KR, ca, ar, zh_TW, bs_BA, hy, bg_BG, eu, pt_BR, hr, en_AU, bn_BD, nl_NL, sq, and da_DK

Thanks to all of the contributors who provided translations for WordPress 4.3 and subtitles for the release video! You rock! 🎉

#announcement, #release

WordPress 4.2.4 has been released It is a…

WordPress 4.2.4 has been released. It is a security and maintenance release. There are no stringString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. changes.

In order to benefit from the automated release process make sure that you 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/ is prepared.

Also released: 4.1.7, 4.0.7, 3.9.8, 3.8.10, and 3.7.10.

#announcement, #release

WordPress 4.2.3 has been released It is a…

WordPress 4.2.3 has been released. It is a security and maintenance release. There are no stringString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. changes.

In order to benefit from the automated release process it could be possible that you have to prepare your 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/ first.

Translations must be at 100%

(This includes wp/4.2.x, wp/4.2.x/admin and wp/4.2.x/admin/network.)

Update version 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.

  • If you have custom changes on i18n.svn.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/ and you are using branches/4.2 to release your package you only have to change the version in readme.html.
  • If you’re using tags/4.2(.2) you have to create a new tag for 4.2.3 first. It’s just a copy of tags/4.2(.2) or trunk and the version change to readme.html.
  • If you have tags/4.2(.2) and branches/4.2, but no tags/4.2.3 the build will use branches/4.2.

Also released: 4.1.6, 4.0.6, 3.9.7, 3.8.9, and 3.7.9.

#announcement, #release

WordPress 4.2.2 has been released It is a…

WordPress 4.2.2 has been released. It is a security and maintenance release. There are no stringString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. changes.

In order to benefit from the automated release process it could be possible that you have to prepare your 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/ first.

Translations must be at 100%

(This includes wp/dev, wp/dev/admin and wp/dev/admin/network.)
Currently 49 localesLocale 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/ are at 100%.

Update version 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.

  • If you have custom changes on i18n.svn.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/ and you are using branches/4.2 to release your package you only have to change the version in readme.html.
  • If you’re using tags/4.2(.1) you have to create a new tag for 4.2.2 first. It’s just a copy of tags/4.2(.1) or trunk and the version change to readme.html.
  • If you have tags/4.2(.1) and branches/4.2, but no tags/4.2.2 the build will use branches/4.2.

Also released: 4.1.5, 4.0.5, 3.9.6, 3.8.8 and 3.7.8.

#announcement, #release

WordPress for Android 4.0 will be rolling out…

WordPress for Android 4.0 will be rolling out on May 11th and we have some stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. in the app that need translating:

https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/android/dev/

and also the release notes:

https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/android/dev/release-notes

Maximum characters count for the release is 500.
Thanks a ton, folks!

#android, #release, #wpandroid

WordPress 4.2 has been released Please read the…

WordPress 4.2 has been released.

Please read the instruction manual if you haven’t yet.

If you have to create a package via RosettaRosetta The code name of the theme for the local WordPress sites (eg. bg.wordpress.org is a “Rosetta” site). All locale specific WordPress sites are referred to as “Rosetta sites.” The name was inspired from the ancient Rosetta Stone, which contained more or less the same text in three different languages. please select the Development (4.2.x) project and use HEAD or 32253 as the revision number.

Thanks to all of the contributors who provided subtitles for the release video, which at last count had been translated into 30 languages!

Adrian Pop, Alin Marcu, Bagerathan Sivarajah, Besnik, Bjørn Johansen, Chantal Coolsma, cubells, Daisuke Takahashi, Diana K. Cury, DjZoNe, dyrer, Elzette Roelofse, Emre Erkan, fxbenard, Gabriel Reguly, Jenny Wong, Gary Jones, Håvard Grimelid, Joachim Jensen, Jimmy Xu, Junko Nukaga, Justina, Kostas Vrouvas, Krzysztof Trynkiewicz, Luís Rodrigues, Luis Rull, Mark Thomas Gazel , Marius Jensen, matthee, Mattias Tengblad, Matúš Záhradník, Mayuko Moriyama, Michal Vittek, Milan Dinić, MrShemek, Naoko Takano, pavelevap, Peter Holme Obrestad, Petya Raykovska,
Przemysław Mirota, qraczek, Rafa Poveda, Rami Yushuvaev, Rasheed Bydousi, Rhoslyn Prys, Robert Axelsen, Sergey Biryukov, Siobhan Bamber, Stephen Edgar, TacoVerdo, ک To Have داشتن, Torsten Landsiedel, Victor J. Quesada, Wolly, Xavi Ivars, Xavier Borderie, Kenan Dervišević

#announcement, #release

WordPress 4.1.2 has been released

WordPress 4.1.2 has been released. It is a security release. There are no stringString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. changes.

In order to benefit from the automated release process it could be possible that you have to prepare your 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/ first.

Translations must be at 100%

(This includes wp/dev, wp/dev/admin and wp/dev/admin/network.)
Currently 49 localesLocale 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/ are at 100%.

Update version 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.

  • If you have custom changes on i18n.svn.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/ and you are using branches/4.1 to release your package you only have to change the version in readme.html.
  • If you’re using tags/4.1(.1) you have to create a new tag for 4.1.2 first. It’s just a copy of tags/4.1(.1) and the version change to readme.html.
  • If you have tags/4.1(.1) and branches/4.1, but no tags/4.1.2 the build will use branches/4.1.

#announcement, #release

Howdy polyglots A new WordPress for Android version…

Howdy polyglots!

A new WordPress for Android version is coming and we need your help to translate the release notes: https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/android/dev/release-notes

but also new app stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings.:

https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/android/dev/

Maximum characters count for release_note_39 is 500.

Thanks!

#android, #release, #wpandroid

4.1 will be released in a few hours – let’s get more locales to 100%

Dear polyglots,

WordPress 4.1 will be released in a few hours.

I wanted to give you the current status on updated localesLocale 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/ and ask some of you for some last efforts so we can have more locales at 100% before the release. Currently we have 66 locales that are above 90% for WordPress, 56 above 90% for Admin and 54 above 90% for the Network Admin.

The projects and subprojects mentioned below are required for a release in order for a 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/ to get a language pack and automatically get in the language chooser.

WordPress is at 100% for 33 locales

SlovakWelshAlbanianDanish and Rohingya are at 99%

IcelandicLithuanian and Serbian are at 98%

 

WordPress Administration is at 100% for 33 locales

SlovakWelshAlbanian and Serbian are at 98%

BurmesePersianDanish and Chinese (Taiwan) are at 97%

 

Network Administration is at 100% for 52 locales

as there haven’t been any new stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings. there for this release,

 

Twenty Fifteen is at 100% for 31 locales

SlovakCzechKoreanWelshAlbanian and Serbian have between 1 and 3 strings to get to 100%

 

Akismet is at 100% for 35 locales

Spanish (Peru), French (France), Scottish GaelicAlbanianSpanish (Chile)Chinese (China)Chinese (Taiwan)Slovak and Spanish (Spain) all have just one remaining stringString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings..
It would be great if the validators for the locales mentioned above could step up and translate those last couple of strings that are remaining.

 

I’m pinging the most active of you, based on the w.org activity.

Thank you in advance for your work. @nacin will post extended instructions for the 4.1 release for all of us today.

Cheers!

Petya

#release

Salut les polyglots A new WordPress for Android…

Salut les polyglots,

A new WordPress for Android version is coming! We need your help to translate the release notes: https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/android/dev/release-notes

but also new app stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings.:

https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/android/dev/

Maximum characters count for release_note_35 + release_note_footer is 500.

#release, #wpandroid

Hola polyglots As usual a new WordPress for…

Hola polyglots,

As usual, a new WordPress for Android version is going to be released. We need your help to translate the release notes: https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/android/dev/release-notes

but also app stringsString A string is a translatable part of the software. A translation consists of a multitude of localized strings.:
https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/android/dev/

Note: maximum characters for release_note_34 + release_note_footer_v2 is 500 chars.

#release, #wpandroid