i18n: Re: Some ideas on General Style
Subject:
Re: Some ideas on General Style
From:
Nicolas Chauvat ####@####.####
Date:
15 Apr 2002 15:22:55 -0000
Message-Id: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0204151719060.593-100000@aries.logilab.fr>
On Mon, 15 Apr 2002, David Merrill wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 09:55:09AM +0200, Nicolas Chauvat wrote:
>
> > FWIW, the french LDP team is currently discussing moving to fr.tldp.org
> > and integrating more tightly with en.tldp.org. David (Merril), we would
> > like to get access to "your" database, be able to add a table of
> > translators, generate HTML progress reports from the result of SQL
> > queries, send announces of documents updates to mailing-lists, etc. That's
> > a short-term goal (weeks).
>
> I will be working on i18n support during this week and next. I am on
> schedule, currently I estimate I will have a usable release ready in
> about 6-10 weeks. (I originally estimated 2-3 months, about 3-4 weeks
> ago).
That's good news.
> This is longer than your desired timeframe. If you can help me write
> the code, then the time could be reduced, but if I do it all myself it
> will probably take that long.
Very good, what can we do to help ? Is there any place where you state
what you intend to do and how you intend to do it ?
I found the Lampadas announce on lupercalia.net, but that's it. Where
should I look for more info ?
> And that does not include some of the features you are requesting. I
> will do them, but will need to think about the best way to do it.
What are the features you plan on implementing ? What would be the missing
features ?
We discussed a lot about "best ways" recently on ####@####.#### and
would like to share our views on the subject. What should we start with ?
> Yes. Lampadas will not be English-centric. Submissions in any language
> are accepted, and can be translated to any other language.
I am glad to hear that ! The french LDP team will be happy to provide
you with as much support as we can manage, where do we start ? :-)
--
Nicolas Chauvat
http://www.logilab.com - "Mais où est donc Ornicar ?" - LOGILAB, Paris (France)
