Hello Kurt,
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 09:32:18PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 08:47:15PM +0100, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> > Hello,
> > with you as the new secretary I noted that the voting machinery has
> > changed, i.e.:
> > revision 1.2
> > date: 2009-02-28 00:46:51 +0100; author: kroeckx; state: Exp; lines: +1 -1; commitid: mwCYulXLKcTWa8Et;
> > Fix year and don't copy unused files yet.
> >
> > Before updating my scripts I would like to ask how the new rules are
> > looking like and if i18n could (finally) be considered for the vote
> > pages as well?
>
> I have no idea how this all works currently. I've never done
> anything for the web pages before and don't know much about
> how the i18n stuff works.
Here we (debian-i18n / debian-www) can help. The previous secretary
showed dis-interest in this issue, but if this is different for you, I
would be happy if these two teams can get involved to find the best
solution.
> I just copied files from the previous years and changed some
> things in it to get the output that I want.
There it starts exactly. The recent years, each vote consisted of
several files with well defined input. Since the official i18n support
was not used, I created a special script which does most of the
translation automatically. Now all files beside vote_001.wml are
missing, at least initially. Before I start updating my script I want
to explore the new path; ideally my script would be unnecessary if
i18n support for the web page is used.
> I'm open for suggestions on how to improve things. Like always,
> patches are welcome.
This is a very good start, this was different previously.
> Note that some of those files are generated by devotee, the script
> that runs the vote.
Here I'm off. Is devotee available somewhere (in some RCS or Debian
package)? Then we could work on patches.
For the further course of action I suggest involving debian-www (or
debian-i18n if you have questions in this regard). If you like I can
initiate a mail to debian-www (but probably not before early next
week). Or you can start a discussion there, fine with me as well.
Greetings & Thanks for your very fast response
Helge
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