<i18n dev> Newbie questions

[Adam Domurad]

On 01/28/2013 03:29 PM, Jiri Vanek wrote:
> 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?

A Polish internationalization would be great!

>> 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 :)

Hey!! I am Polish :-). My Polish language skills leave something to be
desired but I can definitely check it over.

>
> 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
>>

Thanks!
-Adam