Re: Debian localization presentation information sources.
On 2019-04-19, Paul Sutton <zleap@disroot.org> wrote:
> Hi
>
> In writing the presentation I am working on, I appears that there is
> some inconsistency with regard to languages Debian has been translated
> in to.
>
> 1, https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/News/2019/20190415
>
> has
>
> Localization status
>
> 76 languages are supported in this release.
> Full translation for 38 of them.
That seems clear enough.
> and yet this page (which was my original source)
>
> 2, https://www.debian.org/international/index.en.html
>
> Suggests only 30.
Suggests only 30 what? AFAIK there are 30 Debian language pages
available that "contain information on using Debian in non-English
languages," which should be conflated neither with the 76 languages
supported for the Buster release, nor the 38 full translations available
for same.
Maybe I'm wrong.
> Is this just an oversight or should each page either have the same
> information or perhaps update [2]. Granted it may never have the exact
> mirrored information,
IMO there is no oversight.
> Just a thought
>
> Paul
>
>
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