Move translations to hosted.weblate.org?
Posted: 08 Sep 2018, 22:13
Hi there!
Would it be OK with you if you moved the online translations of SuperTuxKart to hosted.weblate.org?
Sadly, Transifex is built on proprietary software; you cannot use it with out running non-free obfuscated JavaScript, and I don't want to trust that code. And just briefly looking at the source code, threre a lot of weird obfuscated stuff going on. Oh, and “disabling JavaScript” is not an option, this website just breaks completely.
I would feel more confident on a free platform. And in general, I think it just doesn't make sense that translating a free software game depends on proprietary software.
It does not have to be hosted.weblate.org, any other platform would be fine with me, too, as long it works and does not require translators (including me) to run proprietary JavaScript code.
Looks like Me & My Shadow (also present in the FreeGameDev Forums) recently moved over to there as well. Minetest is there since a very long time, I also kept translations up-to date here and it works just fine. Probably a very few other games are there, too but not so many. I hope this will change when more people from the free software sphere become aware.
See also: https://forum.freegamedev.net/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=8059
Would it be OK with you if you moved the online translations of SuperTuxKart to hosted.weblate.org?
Sadly, Transifex is built on proprietary software; you cannot use it with out running non-free obfuscated JavaScript, and I don't want to trust that code. And just briefly looking at the source code, threre a lot of weird obfuscated stuff going on. Oh, and “disabling JavaScript” is not an option, this website just breaks completely.
I would feel more confident on a free platform. And in general, I think it just doesn't make sense that translating a free software game depends on proprietary software.
It does not have to be hosted.weblate.org, any other platform would be fine with me, too, as long it works and does not require translators (including me) to run proprietary JavaScript code.
Looks like Me & My Shadow (also present in the FreeGameDev Forums) recently moved over to there as well. Minetest is there since a very long time, I also kept translations up-to date here and it works just fine. Probably a very few other games are there, too but not so many. I hope this will change when more people from the free software sphere become aware.
See also: https://forum.freegamedev.net/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=8059