NetBeans 6.5 Localization Scope
Product Features
- PHP editing & debugging
- Ajax dynamic page authoring
- Database/MySQL tooling
- Improvements to 6.1 features: JavaScript editor & debugger, Ruby & Rails tooling, jMaki, PHP early access.
- Details to be found under Feature Planning
Deliverables
| Component | Japanese | Simplified Chinese | Brazilian Portuguese | Russian | Release |
| UI/Msg | yes | yes | yes | no | ML FCS bits |
| OLH | yes | yes | yes | no | ML FCS bits |
| Webdocs | yes | yes | yes | tutorials | nb.org from Eng FCS |
| Update Center Modules | NB stable modules | NB stable modules | NB stable modules | no | After ML FCS |
| DVD | yes | yes | yes | docs only | English only DVD + 30 days |
| Patches | yes | yes | yes | no | as available |
| Bundles | yes | yes | yes | no | monthly |
Release Vehicles
- Bits release on netbeans.org, zh-CN.nb.org, China server
- NB ML Starter Kit DVD
- Localized docs on netbeans.org, developer.sun.ru, zh-CN.nb.org, ja.nb.org
- Other possible distros (JDK, Java EE, MySQL bundles)
Roles and Responsibilities
The Globalization team is responsible for:
- Localization engineering tasks, including finalizing l10nkits for translation, workspace management for localized content, pre- and post-processing tasks for workflow and translation memory processing, file encoding conversions, publishing webdocs to nb.org and other sites, and other file manipulation tasks.
- translation of product and webcontent related to the product release
- localization testing and reporting
- bug filing and l10n bug fixing
- project management and project documentation, vendor management, community consulting.
Release Milestones
| Milestone | Timeframe |
| 6.5 ML FCS | 6.5 English FCS + 30 days |
| L10n web docs and content GO LIVE | Staggered release 30-60 days after English FCS |
| Localized UC modules | l10nkit handoff + 30 days |
| Patches | Simship with English patches (or every other patch release) |
| NB ML Starter Kit | Final l10n docs GO LIVE + 15 days |