[openstack-dev] Need for a String Freeze for documenters/translators

Thierry Carrez thierry at openstack.org
Fri Feb 1 14:24:02 UTC 2013


OK so to summarize this thread, here is my suggestion:

Let's have a StringFreeze at the same time as Feature Freeze (Feb 19),
affecting changes in user-visible strings.

What's OK:
Adding/changing log messages
Adding a missing description to a config option

What's not OK:
Changing a user-visible API error message
Changing a config option name or existing description

Reviews proposing such changes under StringFreeze should be raised on
the development ML for discussion on the benefits/drawbacks trade-off,
and to raise translators/documenters awareness on the exceptional change
should it be accepted. Lazy consensus should be preferred, but the
affected project PTLs has final say on what's acceptable or not.

Thoughts ?

-- 
Thierry Carrez (ttx)
Release Manager, OpenStack



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