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Re: Bug#664420: About offering Latin-based Uyghur in Debian Installer



Christian PERRIER <bubulle@debian.org> (2013-08-25):
> Sorry for missing this bug report when you sent it.
> 
> You request there a way to have a Debian Installer translation in
> Uyghur with Latin script.
> 
> I have no strong opinion about that, but that would need going through
> the Debian Installer New Language Process described in the D-I i18n
> documentation:
> 
> http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/doc/i18n/
> 
> I would also suggest coordination with people currently working on the
> Arabic-script-based Uyghur translation, namely Gheyret Tohti,
> Abduqadir Abliz and the Uyghur Computer Science Association.
> 
> I woyld of course welcome such translation, assuiming it has some real
> use (in short that latin-based Uyghur is widely-enough used to warrant
> such work).
> 
> In the meantime, I consider closing this bug report, as adding a
> language in D-I cannot easily be handled through a bug report, indeed.

Let's do that then. Thanks for your explanations.

> The New Language Process is a multi-step process that usually includes
> the debian-i18n mailing list, which is better suited for this(but you
> obviously couldn't know...and sorry again for not noticing your bug
> report when you sent it 1.5 years ago).
> 
> Thanks to Holger Levsen for digging this bug report out of the pile of
> dust accumulated over D-I bug reports.

Mraw,
KiBi.

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