Feature: offer most up-to-date FC translations/localizations via addon manager

[luzpaz]

Ref: https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=27097&p=217178#p217178
This way users don't have to wait for updates between releases.

[luzpaz]

Prerequisites

• Create github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-translations
• Modify the FC crowdin scripts to work with the FreeCAD bot

Proposed Workflow:

Single/Multiple translations

• Bot somehow polls crowdin to see if new translations have been translated
• Bot triggers script to export updated translations from crowdin and push to the GitHub repo
• The server has qttools5-dev-tools package installed and converts the .ts files in to .qm files.
• User is notified via the Addon Manager that new translations are available (maybe just for dev version?)
• Addon Manager downloads translation files in to the users ~/.FreeCAD/translation/ directory
• User is prompted to restart FreeCAD

Result: new translations should be available in the UI

Side Feature

• Bot can function as a way to let the devs know that translations are available and to trigger an update from Crowdin to FreeCAD master

* (forum thread)

[luzpaz]

Updated workflow with info from https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=51825&p=506882#p505457

[kaktusus]

Hi.
a good plan is the basis of every action.
I have to think a little bit and get to know more. I do not know the possibilities of the crowdin system, and I do not know what tools could be used there to automate the work. being able to use cron (crontab) would automate some of the work.

[luzpaz]

There are a few options:

1. improve our crowdin scripts (link)
2. use the crowdin cli (link)

[luzpaz]

This is still a good idea, IMHO. Maybe we can make it happen post-1.0 ?