[General] Milestones: i18n

[Ted Leung]

On Aug 29, 2006, at 4:43 PM, Katie Capps Parlante wrote:

> Heikki Toivonen wrote:
>> We will soon need Internationalization, or Localization Freeze. Once
>> this is in effect, no changes will be allowed which affect  
>> localization.
>> Typically this would be somewhere between Feature Freeze and Code  
>> Freeze.
>
> I'll make the argument that we don't need this phase until later in  
> the process, after we have a few Beta releases under our belts.
>
> Brian Kirsch, Markku, PJE and others have done a great job in  
> moving the i18n framework forward. Victory! Yes, there is more to  
> do, but I think we're well ahead of where we need to be as a project.
>
> Given limited resources, I think it is important that we move our  
> attention to finishing up features (e.g. dashboard), improving  
> performance, fixing bugs and generally stabilizing the app. I'm  
> really loath to spend a lot more time on i18n at this stage in the  
> process or put localization requirements on ourselves that impact  
> project velocity -- we need to focus on having an app worth  
> localizing!

+1

>
> Note that the above comments apply to Chandler. If I understand  
> correctly, i18n is not going to be a short term focus for Cosmo, so  
> an i18n freeze would not be applicable to the Cosmo process either.
>

That's correct.

Ted