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Incorrect attribution of translations

Asked by Laurent Lyaudet

Hi,

I uploaded a translation file .po on launchpad the 2013-08-18 for clamtk.
Unfortunately, I didn't changed the last translator field in the po file.
Hence, my translations are all attributed to Nicolas Derive.
Is it possible for launchpad administrators to run a simple update request on the database in order to modify the attribution of clamtk translations where translator is Nicolas Derive and date is 2013-08-18 ?
Otherwise, is there some way to re-upload the file with the correct last translator field?
This last solution could be considered a fix to bug 695033.

Thanks, best regards,
    Laurent Lyaudet

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Nicolas Delvaux (malizor) said : 		#1

Hi, lp-l10n-fr administrator here.

I just wanted to confirm that Laurent's request is legitimate.
He really is the author of these translations.

As a side note, there should at least be a warning on the PO upload page to inform that the translation will be attributed in accordance to the last-translator field...

Thanks,
Nicolas

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William Grant (wgrant) said : 		#2

I'm afraid it's not possible to change that after the fact.

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Laurent Lyaudet (laurent-lyaudet) said : 		#3

Well 'It is possible'...
Can you explain further, please?
Is there any policy that no error in your database will be corrected without using launchpad interface, unless affecting a lot of people?

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William Grant (wgrant) said : 		#4

Making direct changes to a very large database is a risky operation, as there may be unforeseen consequences of changing bits of the data that were never designed to change. We will not make direct changes unless there is a big problem caused by the bad data and no other way to fix it. I do not see substantial problems arising from this misattribution, and I don't want to corrupt translations data.

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Laurent Lyaudet (laurent-lyaudet) said : 		#5

If you know the structure of your database well, the size doesn't matter.
I do not think the number of tables involved exposes to unforeseen consequences.
I have a problem with misattribution because I care about Truth. Your translations data are corrupted as is.

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William Grant (wgrant) said : 		#6

On 28/08/13 04:11, Laurent Lyaudet wrote:> If you know the structure of your database well, the size doesn't matter.
> I do not think the number of tables involved exposes to unforeseen consequences.

It does.

> I have a problem with misattribution because I care about Truth. Your translations data are corrupted as is.

They are perhaps corrupted, yes, but not in a way that causes a functional problem. I'm extremely reluctant to risk the creation of a functional problem just to fix a cosmetic problem.

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Laurent Lyaudet (laurent-lyaudet) said : 		#7

You think that Truth is cosmetic?

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#8

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