translate/pootle

Status of that project?

buhtz opened this issue · 10 comments

buhtz commented

The last commit was in June 2022 (last year).

Is the project still maintained somehow?

phlax commented

not that im aware of - i would be happy to do some handover if there was anyone interested in taking it on

phlax commented
buhtz commented

not that im aware of - i would be happy to do some handover if there was anyone interested in taking it on

You should mention that on top of your README.md file.

Let me ask: Is Pootle able to generate pot-files based on source files (e.g. py-files) on its own?

My problem with most translation platforms and tools is that I still have to generate the pot files myself.

phlax commented

pootle is essentially a web wrapper around translate tool kit (https://github.com/translate/translate) which is actively maintained

buhtz commented

pootle is essentially a web wrapper around translate tool kit (https://github.com/translate/translate) which is actively maintained

I don't see that Feature in there.

phlax commented

if you want to raise a PR to show that the project is not actively maintained im happy to land it

Coudn't install Pootle (2.8.2) either. Tried in Ubuntu and Debian environments and got the same error in both. Some commands from the installation instructions on the website doesn't work as expected.

I'm having this error when 'pip install Pootle' is executed.

AttributeError: 'UltraMagicString' object has no attribute 'endswith'

The error comes from django-sortedm2m package.

It looks like it doesn't have any support/updates anymore and dependency errors happen.

pootle is essentially a web wrapper around translate tool kit (https://github.com/translate/translate) which is actively maintained

Weblate seems to be somewhat similar. Python, Django, and Translate Toolkit are common between Pootle and Weblate. If Pootle does not plan to update to Python 3, directing people to Weblate might make sense.

  • On the ASF side, https://translate.apache.org/ is still using Pootle 2.8.2, which ships with the old Translate Toolkit 2.2.5. It would indeed make more sense if Pootle could release a new version with Translate Toolkit 3.13.3, or point to a Pootle alternative that the Translate Toolkit community is using in their README.
  • Furthermore, it would be nice if Pootle could publish a Docker Image on Docker Hub.
  • update: As a follow-up, I opened apache/infrastructure-ideas#9 .
  • I opened #6926 to fix the current issue.