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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: RFC: Release of KDE 2 translations
From:       Eric Bischoff <ebisch () cybercable ! tm ! fr>
Date:       2000-08-12 3:04:52
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"Bjarni R. Einarsson" wrote:
> 
> On 2000-08-11, 17:32:27 (+0200), Thomas Diehl wrote:
> >
> > Sure. After the experience we made this time I guess we should probably
> > adopt a model of "translations later" for all future releases. Which
> > would mean _all_ translations then.
> 
> Actually, I think it would generally be a good idea to seperate
> translations and documentation from the main code distribution.  This
> could (if done "right") mean people can download and install only the
> languages/locales they are interested in.

It's already possible.

> Yes, the number of packages would "explode", but adding a
> subdirectory for each locale to the ftp servers handles that nicely
> (and in binary distros, these packages would be shared across all
> platforms).  I liked the old RPM distribution option, where people
> could either download "all of kdenetwork" or just the individual
> apps.  Such a distribution scheme might be very good for
> translations.
> 
> This would also allow individual translation teams to release updates
> to their translations whenever they feel ready, if they have know how
> to roll their own tarballs/debs/rpms.
> 
> Just an idea. :-)

Already implemented. You have, for example, a kde-i18n-it package for
italian now.

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