Re: Bug#144456: ITP: qref -- debian quick reference.
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might be out of date for other languages.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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