During the GUADEC translation BoF there was a discussion[1] about adding a new feature to d-l that would somehow show us when is the next release of extra packages scheduled, thus making it easy to decide which packages to translate urgently and which are still moving target, i.e. which ones can wait.

Currently, we ask developers to announce their intentions on the gnome-i18n mailing list, but only a few of them does this actually. My conclusion is that this process is not simple enough, neither is it easy for translators to follow the information provided, as it is not integrated into damned-lies. Thus it needs improvement.

My idea is the following:
All modules in git should have a doap file. We could extend these with a new element containing the scheduled release date. Then:
* Project maintainers would change this line when schedule changes, so in my theory, it would be pretty quick and easy for them to keep translators in the loop.
* Damned-lies should parse the file, determine the date and display it in a new column on [2].

I'd like to hear developers reaction first: does this sound reasonable, would you use such a method to communicate release dates? If the reaction is positive, we can start thinking about the actual implementation in d-l.

[1] https://live.gnome.org/TranslationProject/Events/GTPBoFGUADEC2012#Calendar
[2] http://l10n.gnome.org/languages/hu/gnome-extras/ui/