Re: a case for "finished" as a valid value for state

["John Reid" <JREID@novell.com>]

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I have no problem with this. However, it might be good to consolidate the two concepts of "finished" and "signed-off" so that 1 state says if work on a trans-unit is completed. I have no other suggestion for this, though.

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Although "finished" is described as a "workflow state" in the current specification, I propose that "finished" should remain a pre-defined value for state.

In my XLIFF application, the state of "translated" is suitable for targets that have been translated. The state of "signed-off" could indicate a definite reviewed/completion status. But I have targets that are not candidates for translation, and have not been "translated," and are not yet "signed-off," but are indeed "finished."

The state of finished is not accurately described by any of the other values in the list, from my point of view.

I'm not passionate about this, but I thought I'd pass along my thoughts.

Thanks,

Bryan