Re: Bug#144456: ITP: qref -- debian quick reference.
Hi,
My comment was only meant for file names. They should contain the locale (or
language) to prevent special cases for tools, Makefiles, etc.
I wasn't implying anything regarding the language in which the documents
are written, just their file names.
Thanks,
Ardo
Javier Fern?ndez-Sanguino Pe?a (jfs@computer.org) wrote:
> On Sat, May 04, 2002 at 04:44:44PM -0500, Ardo van Rangelrooij wrote:
> >
> > I don't see why English should be treated different than any other language
> > or locale. Hence, for _each_ locale there will be symlink to the appropriate
> > directory. Also, you need XX_YY to handle all currently supported locales,
> > e.g. pt_PT and pt_BR.
> >
> Not that I like it *but* even if
> http://www.debian.org/doc/docpolicy does not state it is a fact that the
> *main* documents is always english and from that language it is translated
> into other langugages. Thus, all documents will be update in english but
> might be out of date for other languages.
> If we provide "tabula rasa" for all locales we are hiding the fact
> the the "normal" procedure is the one stated above. Users might then be
> tempted to think that their XX document is the latest version without
> checking the main one.
> IMHO the policy should state english is the preferred language for
> Debian documentation. Since this is the case *both* for the DDP and the
> WWW server. This does not imply that there might be documents only
> available in other languages (doc-debian-fr is an example here), since
> that might be appropiate in many cases.
>
> Using english as the main language for documents (as we do for
> mailing lists), and that is widely accepted,
> improves the chances that a document useful for users will be translated
> to many more languages.
>
> Regards
>
> Javi
>
>
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