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This page is to be considered one of an evolving set of pages describing the Firefox release process, at least as far as localizations are concerned. It's focused on the general idea behind the sign-off, any item listed can be filled with lots of additional detail, and is in real life. This is just short enough to actually read it. | |||
When releasing a new version of Firefox, Mozilla wants to be sure that we're not releasing locales that haven't finished the localization process. Users have high expectations on Firefox, and we want all our versions to live up to those. | When releasing a new version of Firefox, Mozilla wants to be sure that we're not releasing locales that haven't finished the localization process. Users have high expectations on Firefox, and we want all our versions to live up to those. | ||
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Thus, in order to sign-off, localization teams should spend some time to think about the status on the following items: | Thus, in order to sign-off, localization teams should spend some time to think about the status on the following items: | ||
; Functionality : Does the browser install, start up, do all dialogs show? Make sure that you didn't forget any XML parsing errors or the like, our tools don't catch all of them. | ; Functionality : Does the browser install, start up, do all dialogs show? Make sure that you didn't forget any XML parsing errors or the like, our tools don't catch all of them. You want to check accesskeys and commandkeys, too. | ||
; Translation coverage : Is all of the user interface translated? Product feature names and other English tech terms commonly used in your language excluded, of course. | ; Translation coverage : Is all of the user interface translated? Product feature names and other English tech terms commonly used in your language excluded, of course. | ||
; In-product web links : Did you test all in-product pages, are there any Page not Found errors? Did you submit localized content for those pages, and is it live? | ; In-product web links : Did you test all in-product pages, are there any Page not Found errors? Did you submit localized content for those pages, and is it live? | ||
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[[Category:Localization]] | [[Category:Localization]] | ||
[[Category:Release]] | |||