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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: Holiday data files
From:       "Yuri Chornoivan" <yurchor () ukr ! net>
Date:       2010-06-12 8:11:13
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написане Sat, 29 May 2010 14:29:54 +0300, John Layt  
<johnlayt@googlemail.com>:

> Hi,
>
> In SC 4.5 I've made some changes to the KHolidays library, adding new
> features, and cleaning up the existing data files and tagging them with
> language codes and other metadata (available from svn now or packages  
> from
> beta 2 onwards).
>
> New features:
> * Support for defining holidays with non-Gregorian calendars, such as  
> Hebrew
> and Hijri (civil not lunar).
> * Proper support for regions like States and Provinces
> * Support for more complex calculations, including substitute days and a  
> noop
>
> For example, I have now been able to add new holiday files for Iran and
> Israel, but they are just a cut-and-paste from the English Wikipedia so I
> could be making horrible mistakes.
>
> That's where you guys come in :-)
>
> 1) Have a look at all the holiday files for your country and/or language  
> at
>
>      http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/KDE/kdepimlibs/kholidays/holidays/plan2/
>
> 2) Find a reliable source, preferably the official government one, for  
> your
> holiday rules and add this to the file.  If you could find an accurate  
> English
> version as well would help me (Wikipedia should do, if not just watch  
> out for
> sites with restrictive licences)
>
> 3) Check that the holidays listed are still correct.  If running from  
> svn,
> then try using the plasma calendar or KOrganizer to check that the  
> holidays
> displayed are correct for the next 5 years.
>
> 4) Check that my initial sort into categories is correct in preparation  
> for
> this feature in SC 4.6.
>
> 5) Add comment lines with translations into en_US for every holiday name  
> to
> make maintenance easier for me :-)
>
> If you hit any problems, such as holidays with complex rules you can't  
> figure
> out, let me know and I'll find a solution.
>
> If you think having an English version of your holiday file available to  
> users
> would be useful, let me know and I'll add it.
>
> If your country/language isn't currently included, please send me the  
> details.
> For example, we have a Thailand file but only in English, not Thai.
>
> Cheers!
>
> John.
>
>

Hi!

Thank you for this great work.

I just want to ask, what is the common way to submit corrected files after  
the testing?

Thanks in advance.
Yuri

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