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Re: Activation of Oriya for debian-installer



On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 08:07:42AM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote:
> Quoting Gora Mohanty (gora_mohanty@yahoo.co.in):
> > Hi,
> >   We are a group interested in localizing various
> > aspects of Linux to our native language, Oriya (ISO
> > code or). Currently, we are focussing on the GNOME
> > desktop, and will eventually go on to KDE, the Free
> > Translation Project, etc. We are interested in
> > translating debian-installer to Oriya, though I will
> > have to discuss it with the group before deciding
> > what priority to give to it. Please activate Oriya
> > for the translation.
> 
> Gora, if you attend the indlinux mailing list, we can discuss the
> specifics there. Preferably the general list as this may interest all
> groups.
> 
> The conclusion (which I forgot yesterday) is still that all Indic
> script languages need a graphical interface for being really usable.
> 
> Such graphical interface is a goal for the post sarge release versions
> of Debian Installer.
> 
> So, if Oriya translations for D-I are made, they won't be useful until
> this graphical installer release.
> 
> But, anyway, I still favor translation groups to start the work as
> this will certainly add a lot of motivation to all D-I developers for
> resurrecting the graphical D-I project...:-)

Notice, i plan to work on something directfb based at the oldenbourg meeting.
This would need a working fbdev though, but i believe that it is a better
solution over a minimal X server.

Friendly,

Sven Luther



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