Why can't I approve translation imports on my own project?

You've uploaded an XPI file called zimcapture.xpi. This is incorrect. XPI doesn't really have templates; the en_US "translation" acts as the template instead. So please upload the US-English XPI with the name "en-US.xpi" (note convention in the XPI world is to use a dash there, not an underscore) and that will be recognized as your template.

Another issue is that a manual upload still needs to be reviewed. With gettext this wouldn't be an issue; you'd just have those imported from your branch. But you probably don't want to keep a built version of your XPI in your branch. But once your template is reviewed, all future uploads for trunk should be approved automatically.

I'm a bit unclear about what should actually be in en-US.xpi (and in
fact, I'd rather upload en-GB). Is it just the normal xpi renamed or
what? After all, you can have multiple languages in an xpi file.

On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 8:10 AM, Jeroen T. Vermeulen
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> Jeroen T. Vermeulen proposed the following answer:
> You've uploaded an XPI file called zimcapture.xpi.  This is incorrect.
> XPI doesn't really have templates; the en_US "translation" acts as the
> template instead.  So please upload the US-English XPI with the name
> "en-US.xpi" (note convention in the XPI world is to use a dash there,
> not an underscore) and that will be recognized as your template.
>
> Another issue is that a manual upload still needs to be reviewed.  With
> gettext this wouldn't be an issue; you'd just have those imported from
> your branch.  But you probably don't want to keep a built version of
> your XPI in your branch.  But once your template is reviewed, all future
> uploads for trunk should be approved automatically.
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Launchpad only supports one language per XPI, and is hardwired to see en-US.xpi as the template. The language inside the manifest is ignored as far as I remember, so just uploading en-GB.xpi but with with the name changed to en-US.xpi should work. Spelling "colour" correctly may confuse a few en-US readers though. :-)