<i18n dev> Newbie questions

[Jiri Vanek]

On 01/28/2013 07:47 PM, Omair Majid wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 01/27/2013 06:18 AM, Jakob Wisor wrote:
>> I have been working with the javaws deployment tool recently and have
>> noticed that it lacks a localization for Polish. So, I looked for the
>> localized resource files and thought I could provide that. I was
>> quickly able to localize javaws' syntax description in
>> jre/lib/deploy/messages.properties. But I was a little bit stuck with
>> the rest. After building a Polish ListResourceBundle based on
>> deploy.jar/com/sun/deploy/resources/Deployment.class and successfully
>> testing it, I was wondering whether the source code for the
>> deployment tool is included in OpenJDK. Greping OpenJDK's source code
>> brought no enlightenment. Is the deployment tool indeed not part of
>> OpenJDK? If not, where should I send my patch for review to?
> 
> You are correct: OpenJDK does not include the source for javaws. The
> javaws implementation that is shipped with Oracle's JDK/JRE is
> proprietary. I don't know where you would send patches for that.
> 
> Some of us are working on an open source implementation of javaws,
> called IcedTea-Web [1], that does include include the source and accepts
> localization patches for any language. It is not included in OpenJDK,
> though most Linux distributions do ship it along with OpenJDK as the
> plugin and javaws implementation. We normally hang out on
> distro-pkg-dev at openjdk.java.net (cc'ed).
> 
>> Are there any plans or any intention to localize OpenJDK to other
>> languages than the existing en, ja, and zh? Would localizations to de
>> and pl be welcomed? If so, where should I send patches for review to
>> (yes, I have read the contributors and faq sections, but I am still
>> confused)?
> 
> I can't speak for OpenJDK, but for IcedTea-Web, we are willing to
> localize to any language that you can provide translations for.
> distro-pkg-dev at openjdk.java.net is the right place for any patches for
> IcedTea-Web.
> 
> Thanks,
> Omair

IcedTea-web is currently localised to CZ-cs an (default) English. We are looking forward for translation!

You can see that localisation is simple file that you are already familiar with -
http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/icedtea-web/file/74a70e0b15ef/netx/net/sourceforge/jnlp/resources/Messages_cs_CZ.properties
http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/icedtea-web/file/74a70e0b15ef/netx/net/sourceforge/jnlp/resources/Messages.properties

So the only think you need to do is to provide transalted Messages_pl_PL.properties
Currently there is no Polish developer active, so your file will be probably not-checked :)

I would like to help you with any problems you may encounter - both by developer point of view and from guy who provided CZ translation.

J.


> 
> [1] http://icedtea.classpath.org/wiki/IcedTea-Web
>