Lots of small steps add up to big changes
Posted 8 months, 1 week ago at 12:11. 2 comments
What a difference a year makes.
In fact, it was less than a year ago that Armen and John gave this presentation at the Summit in Whistler outlining the then-current problems with the l10n build system as it related to release engineering.
Axel has a new post up about how we’ve been systematically addressing those failings over the last 10 months, and what we’re tackling next.
We’re all about lowering bars to entry into the Mozilla community. I’m thrilled to see our localized Firefox builds approaching parity with the default English (en-US) builds. Not requiring potential localizers to have a complete translation before they can get meaningful feedback, and greatly reducing the turnaround time for that feedback to a few minutes is huge. Taking the stress of generating those builds off of Axel’s shoulders is also a big deal, because it gives him more time to work on other improvements for the l10n community.
There is more work still to do, certainly, but we’re a lot better off than a year ago. Cheers to Aki, Armen, Axel, John, and Seth for their help in getting us this far.
I can’t really underscore the importance of these improvements. Coop and Axel have described them nicely, so the last thing I can provide is my remarks about this team.
If you have a problem with a most-challenging, certainly confusing, and at times seemingly unconquerable l10n-build problem, then you’d be wise to recruit Aki, Armen, Axel, John, and Coop. Damn, these guys are good.
Lastly, the l10n community has been waiting a LONG time for these improvements. Speaking humbly on their behalf, THANK YOU GUYS!