On Thursday 20 November 2003 10:04, Nadim Shaikli wrote: > Mr. Munzir/Alkarouri, I am not sure what is the status of the distros > project. > as it looks like that SAIS document was kinda used for Mandrake > specific issues but the intended audience is the user and not the > Mandrake distro developers. No, SAIS doc is still being cooked as karouri pointed out and it's intended for the user. But MAPS is intended as a 'status' page (The s in MAPS) not a howto page
> The MAPS doc is more of a "howto" for > users (which is fine and ought most likely to change name to > 'mdk_arabichowto' or similar) - was that the purpose or was it > part of the SAIS effort ? Long answer: The MAPS doc is _not_ meant to be a howto actually. This doc is born to die. It's sad for me to say this but it's the truth. MAPS, RAPS and xAPS (x=anything) is just to point explicitly to problems regarding Arabic in various distros. If you take a look at the purpose section it's stated clearly that: <quote> 1.2.1. Purpose This document is meant to serve as a one-stop location that provides all Arabic-related issues with Mandrake... This doc is something more than a HOWTO. It serves as a place of coordinating the Arabization efforts in Mandrake. </quote> Actually I have never intended to say how to setup an app but mainly to say the status and how to get around or ask for a vote. Example: 6.9.2. ArabTeX Don't install tetex-latex-arab-3.09f-4mdk.noarch from CD3. This version is now old and contains some problems w.r.t. LyX. I have made a new package, tetex-latex-arab-3.11d-1mdk, install it. ---This is specific to Mandrake The doc and hence the instructions included is just for the purpose of evaluation/certification for Mandrake. Once this happens and say we give Mandrake a platinum support (hope at April 2004 with version 10 release) all these nested groups should be removed. Since Arabic support is a done-once-live-forever issue. Most of the sections will either vanish or merge into something else. e.g: 3. Setup Essentials->should be in the official Mandrake manuals. 7. Arabic Issues (Testing, and Quality Assurance)->Should be merged into section 8. 8. Known Bugs (with Fixes when available)->Should be fixed 10. Wishlist->Should be fulfilled and hence vanish 11.1. Arabic translation status for Mandrake Linux -> already have it's own page 11.2. QA the translation -> This is just a call to lend a hand and should vanish once we have people who care ;) 12. MkLiveCD - Mandrake LiveCD build scripts -> should have its own page within the distros project. 13. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)-> will be merged in the official Mandrake docs if worth it through their wiki system. Within 2 months Inshallah things will be clearer and the doc will be more mature and confusion will be removed. Just be patient with me ;) BTW: I expect to hear some encouragement regarding my rpm or at least testing and giving feedback but nothing besides asking for devoting more time ;) -- __/ __/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _\ _/ _\ _/ _/ \ / _\ unzir _/ aha PGP Key available gpg --recv-keys --keyserver www.mandrakesecure.net F0671821 Telecommunications and Electronics Engineer Linux Registered User #279362 at http://counter.li.org Mandrake Club member Maintainer of Mandrake Arabization Project Status (MAPS) http://www.arabeyes.org/download/documents/distro/mdkarabicsupport.html CIW Designer, ICDL, MOUS New Horizons CLC Riyadh, SA _______________________________________________ General mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/general
