Bug#703619: www.debian.org: language-related problem with http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference pages

[Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>]

Le Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 12:40:21PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre a écrit :
> 
> The page
> 
>   http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/index.html
> 
> is in English, but if I follow the "Table of Contents" links, I get
> pages in French[*]. There is no way to stay on the English pages.
> IMHO, all link URL's should contain language information, e.g. the
> 
>   http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/scope.html
> 
> URL in the link should be replaced by
> 
>   http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/scope.en.html

Hi Vincent,

like for the other pages of the Debian website, the Developers Reference is
served by content negociation and for that reason it is not possible to
transiently change the default language without the use of a browser plugin (or
without changing the preferences of the browser, but I would not call this
"transient").

    http://www.debian.org/intro/cn

    https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/quick-locale-switcher/

>From a general point of view, I think that this bug can be closed, as the
Debian website works as intended.  However, in contrary to the pages generated
by WML, the Developers Reference web pages do not have link to the available
translations.  Therefore, you can also consider reassigning this bug to the
developers-reference package.  But given the usual lack of manpower, a patch
would then be very welcome if you want the reassignment to have an effect in
the short-mid term :)

Cheers,

-- 
Charles Plessy
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan