Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP #10 -- Proposal for restructuring the CVS regarding documentation wrt internationalization proposal

[Sven Vermeulen <swift@gentoo.org>]

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On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 03:03:56PM +0300, Svyatogor wrote:
> Not only that. It is much less useful for the end user. However, in this
> case we'll have to develop some policy about these pages. Most users will
> see fr.gentoo.org or ru.gentoo.org as official gentoo homepages and we have
> to be careful on what we put there. The policy should cover various
> aspects, such as design (some team might want to change the layout of the
> page or just change the color scheme), content of the pages, people
> responsible for maintaining it up-to-date and accurate. 

I agree that translating and maintaining the whole website is cumbersome to
say the least. What I was thinking about was something in the lines of
http://dev.gentoo.org/~swift/international.html (note: the links don't work,
probably never will :) as main page for http://en.gentoo.org (I take this as
an example because I assume all know English :)

From that main webpage, the visitor can reach the translated documentation or
a list of community websites. 

Maintaining this is "easy":
	* new translations get added as they are now,
	  + a newsitem on the site occurs explaining that there is a new
	    translation 
	* new community sites are added to two pages: the one which lists 
	  all community sites, and a link on the left of each page 
	  + a newsitem on the site occurs explaining that there is a new
	    community site

That's all there is to it. Ofcourse, newsitems regarding new (translated)
GWN's could be listed there too.

Just an idea, ofcourse.

Wkr,
	Sven Vermeulen

PS gerrynjr: can you try changing your mailclient so it wraps its sentences
   automatically? 


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