Hello, At Mon, 24 Sep 2001 15:39:58 +0000, Sulaiman Alhasawi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello debian developers . Im from Kuwait and arabic is my language . i > have been searching in debian > for arabic support [ fonts , docs , etc .... ] and found nothing . im > interested in joining your community > and possibly taking care some of arabic projects . If you already have such things [fonts, docs, etc...] outside Debian, I recommend you to develop Debian packages for them. For your packages to be included in Debian distribution, you will have to be a registered Debian developer. Please read http://www.debian.org/devel/join/ for detail in joining Debian Project. Registration into Debian is a long process which usually take months. Thus, you will be interested in Sponsorship Program which is mentioned in the above webpage. When developing Debian packages, please refer Developers' Corner http://www.debian.org/devel/ and you will find some useful documents. If you have to develop Arabic supports in upstream level (i.e., mere packaging is insufficient), I suggest you to contact with the upstream developers of softwares. For example, you may want to contact with developers of Rxvt and Xterm to ask Arab support. Also, I recommend you to maintain Arab web pages, documents, and other translations for Debian. Please refer http://www.debian.org/international/ for detail. > i have good > experience in linux-unix and progaramming also . im just curious > to know what do you think of it ? Fantastic! Debian intends to be a united "world version" distribution, unlike other distributions or OSes (for example, we buy Japanese version of MS Windows). I am sure every Debian members will welcome the addition of Arab support. > unfortunately > i dont know any developer who > can recommend me because i have not communicated with any one so far . A problem. Becoming a member of Debian Project needs an "advocate" and some personal identification. I think you can easily get your advocate. To do so, please do your work and ask comments in this mailing list (or some other appropreate ones). If a registered developer admits your work as useful, he/she will be an advocate. I think the most difficult step will be the Identification http://www.debian.org/devel/join/nm-step2 . Please consult with new-maintainer committee for this problem. > also i havent seen > a real arabic project maintained by a developer . I think this is not a problem. > i would like debian > to become > a better distro by covering more languages and becomes more > international . I agree. > any ideas ? Join us! :-) --- Tomohiro KUBOTA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.debian.or.jp/~kubota/ "Introduction to I18N" http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/intro-i18n/
