[Doc-SIG] Transifex resources priority

[Maciek Olko]

Coming back to this long-inactive thread.

> I'm not sure who maintains the Transifex project

I think it's Tomo Cocoa.

> I'm also not sure if the import from Sphinx supports setting priorities.
> I don't think anyone would want to mark the priority manually in
> Transifex UI after each update.

I would expect that only new resources need to have priority set manually,
and for the rest the priority should be stable.

If given proper permissions on Transifex, I'd be keen to set the priorities
manually.

Regards,
Maciej

pon., 15 sie 2022 o 23:00 Maciek Olko <maciej.olko at gmail.com> napisał(a):

> I'm not sure about Transifex HTTP API, but at least CLI doesn't seem to be
> able to control resources' priorites. We have currently more than 400
> resources in the documentation, so it would be tedious to change it
> manually.
>
> Regards,
> Maciej
>
> pon., 15 sie 2022 o 13:09 Petr Viktorin <encukou at gmail.com> napisał(a):
>
>> On 14. 08. 22 22:38, Maciek Olko wrote:
>> > Hello all,
>> >
>> > I am wondering if it would be possible to revise Transifex priority
>> > values of resources.
>> >
>> > There are three possible values for resource priority on Transifex:
>> >
>> >   * medium
>> >   * high
>> >   * and urgent. [1]
>> >
>> > Currently all resources on Transifex have priority "high". PEP 545
>> > prioritizes resources that are required for the translation to be
>> > included in language switcher, namely:
>> >
>> >   * "bugs",
>> >   * starting with "tutorial--",
>> >   * "library--functions". [2]
>> >
>> > Would it be possible to preserve "high" only for those resources plus
>> > "sphinx" resource (messages from Sphinx template) and lower priority of
>> > all other resources to "medium"?
>> >
>> >  From my experience resources priority affect the choice of a
>> translator
>> > for an order of translation.
>> >
>> > Looking forward to your opinion,
>> > Kind regards,
>> > Maciej
>> >
>> > [1]
>> >
>> https://docs.transifex.com/projects/categorizing-and-prioritizing-resources#prioritizing-resources
>> > <
>> https://docs.transifex.com/projects/categorizing-and-prioritizing-resources#prioritizing-resources
>> >
>> > [2]
>> >
>> https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0545/#add-translation-to-the-language-switcher
>> > <
>> https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0545/#add-translation-to-the-language-switcher
>> >
>>
>> Hi,
>> I'm not sure who maintains the Transifex project -- try the contacts on
>> https://devguide.python.org/documentation/translating/#how-to-get-help
>> if you don't get a reply here.
>> I'm also not sure if the import from Sphinx supports setting priorities.
>> I don't think anyone would want to mark the priority manually in
>> Transifex UI after each update.
>>
>>
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