On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 9:05 AM, Claudio F Filho <filh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > On 10-12-2011 20:12, Louis R Suárez-Potts wrote: >> Regular readers of this list might recall discussions by Khirano, Rob >> and others about the fate of the Native Language projects in OOo. I'm >> not sure what the outcome was, and a quick browse of archives didn't >> really enlighten me, as it seems things were left hanging. > > +1. > >> I'd like to see if we can resolve this issue. A recap: OOo had many >> "native-language projects" in which non-coding discussions were in >> the native tongue, e.g., Russian, Viet, Brazilian Portuguese, >> Gaelic(s), and so on. At any given moment there were about a hundred, >> and one can see these listed still at http://projects.openoffice.org >> /native-lang.html. > > It is true. The focus *only*(?) over code, IMHO, is a error. We have > many good people that haven't idea about programming, but have good > ideas about promotion, artwork, and other fronts. > >> Now to the present issue. I've written that I would rather focus >> here, in Apache land, on coding. But that only opens the door, as it >> were, to establishing the very successful Native Language modules >> either in another wing of Apache (??) or outside the Apache frame but >> corresponding to it, so that QA, a key element of the NL projects, >> for instance, could be tied in. Licenses, etc., would have to be >> harmonised. And I'd also suggest using a simpler work medium, such as >> wikis. > > I agree with you, Louis. QA, doc and other elements where is not > necessary coding skill, giving more freedom for non-tecnical people help > the project. > >> PS The majority of the NL projects reformed to constitute >> LibreOffice. Because of disparities of license, I suppose >> harmonisation of effort will be more difficult, but by no means ought >> it to be abandoned, if actual contributors deem it worthwhile. I >> dislike duplication of effort both as a project manager and as >> someone who then has to persuade the bewildered user that A and B are >> just alike but one is more equal than the other. > > I think that more that the license issue, we have a lot of people > unhappy with the way that LibO is following, the same people that was > part of NL and chose in go to LibO believing in a thing and finding > other, so, i think that really have people interested in help here, but > with this posture of Apache are lost, without idea where help. Maybe is > time to consider better this position and find a place for this work's > force. >
Hi Claudio, what do you mean by "this posture of Apache"? I hope there is a simple misunderstanding we can clear up. -Rob > Bests, > Claudio
