Today: Soon: * RSS feed of new domain versions and new translations ======= Later: * optional 'due date' for new domain release * search and delete the PO files with mistaken encoding specifications * delete PO files for which translated strings are under 5% * add a page for retired translators * improve 'po-tidy-links' to find all links that do not point to the latest available version * make a reply for those who ask the robot for help * add note that project was never called "FTP". ============================================== * Some old TODO from Montréal about the robot: .* Site maintenance . + Registry handling . - Cross-validate AUTHORS with the registry, once in a while. .* Accepting submissions . + Message format . - Accept PGP validation. . - Accept various end of line codings. . + Authentication . - Meant for package maintainers submitting POT files, or URLs. . - Meant for team leaders altering the registry. . - Meant for translators to declare aliases, or envelope aliases. . + Validation . - Try fuzzy matching on names and address, and diagnose matches. . - Ignore case within the domain. . - Have special envelope aliases to ignore. . - Process date intervals and precise packages for assignment validity. .* Processing template files . + Versioning . - Be uniform with the Web site about finding the best one. . - Allow some per-package specifities. . - Better documents problems for people wanting to lie: . : Maintainers wanting to use the version number of a future release . : Translators wanting to use the version number of a future release . - Branch processing. . + When missing . - Attempt automatic download and extraction. . - Handle irregular archive names, not unpacking expectedly. . - Maybe check all URLs for when they change? . + Further checks . - Do not msgmerge PO files if the POT file is not the latest. . - Refuse to upload a POT file we already have. . + Maintainers should be able to handle POT files themselves . - Set the pretest URLs. . - Force POT file uploads. . - Process and announce. .* Giving feedback . + Overall format . - `formail -r' uses Sender instead of From. Make this all more regular. . - Make sure all messages have a From indicating the robot. . - Ease Gnus threading for various log and debugging messages. . + Formatting details . - Tidy up processing of \007 and other control characters.