Hi, My comment was only meant for file names. They should contain the locale (or language) to prevent special cases for tools, Makefiles, etc.
I wasn't implying anything regarding the language in which the documents are written, just their file names. Thanks, Ardo Javier Fern?ndez-Sanguino Pe?a ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sat, May 04, 2002 at 04:44:44PM -0500, Ardo van Rangelrooij wrote: > > > > I don't see why English should be treated different than any other language > > or locale. Hence, for _each_ locale there will be symlink to the > > appropriate > > directory. Also, you need XX_YY to handle all currently supported locales, > > e.g. pt_PT and pt_BR. > > > Not that I like it *but* even if > http://www.debian.org/doc/docpolicy does not state it is a fact that the > *main* documents is always english and from that language it is translated > into other langugages. Thus, all documents will be update in english but > might be out of date for other languages. > If we provide "tabula rasa" for all locales we are hiding the fact > the the "normal" procedure is the one stated above. Users might then be > tempted to think that their XX document is the latest version without > checking the main one. > IMHO the policy should state english is the preferred language for > Debian documentation. Since this is the case *both* for the DDP and the > WWW server. This does not imply that there might be documents only > available in other languages (doc-debian-fr is an example here), since > that might be appropiate in many cases. > > Using english as the main language for documents (as we do for > mailing lists), and that is widely accepted, > improves the chances that a document useful for users will be translated > to many more languages. > > Regards > > Javi > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Ardo van Rangelrooij home email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] home page: http://people.debian.org/~ardo GnuPG fp: 3B 1F 21 72 00 5C 3A 73 7F 72 DF D9 90 78 47 F9 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
