2017-06-03 11:04 GMT-05:00 Chris Leonard <cjlhomeaddr...@gmail.com>: > On Sat, Jun 3, 2017 at 10:02 AM, Laura Vargas <la...@somosazucar.org> > wrote: > > >> > So, I propose the following Motion: > >> > > >> > SL will allocate a budget of US$TBD for "professional services" > required > >> > to > >> > create a fitable image for Samson's and Ibiam's young XO partners in > >> > Africa. > >> > SL will make an open call to the mailing list to find one or more > >> > professional to do it. > >> > > >> > > >> > Hope we can start using SL money to actually outreach Sugar learners! > >> > > >> > >> The PO files have been committed to the relevant repos and as new > >> Activity releases have been made (thanks Quozl for your recent > >> Fructose push) they have been made available via ASLO. It is true > >> that a build of the core UI strings would be needed, but I thought > >> that might come via a new SOAS release. > >> > >> Are you proposing a custom build for Nigeria? > > > > > > Yes. > >> > >> > >> If so, I would request that OLPC switch desktop PO file for Igbo be > >> completed before such an attempt was made. > > > > > > I understand there would be technical and academic considerations in > order > > to detail the work to be done. I hope you can guide the execution from > the > > translation's POV. > > > > Of course, I would welcome the opportunity to assist. > > > The objective of the motion is to define if it is worth to rescue all the > > work and investment (community's time and money) done last year by Sugar > > Labs on Samson's and Ibiam's line of work. > > A funded project for a single-purpose build would not be as valuable > as adding a component to it that included improving documentation (and > possibly toolchain) of the custom-build process in such a way that it > is more easily repeated by others. That way it is an investment in a > repeatable process, not a single product. Just a thought. > > +1 Adding the documentation requirement It's a very good idea.
Blessings and happy Sunday. Laura V cjl > -- Laura V. * I&D SomosAZUCAR.Org* “Solo la tecnología libre nos hará libres.” ~ Laura Victoria Happy Learning! #LearningByDoing #Projects4good #IDesignATSugarLabs #WeCanDoBetter
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