Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: > Kevin Lo wrote: > > > > I have discussed the translation documentation with this mailing list. > > Unfortunately, no one take the further actions :( > > Ken, would you like to say something, thanks. > > Sure, I can almost always be counted upon to say something. :-) > > As I pointed out earlier, I like option #4 for translated > documentation. (That was having a mirror of the docs tree > structure on another system than www.apache.org, with link to > it from there and negociation enabled.) I've got the server > for it; I just need to set up the tree. > > It would be nicest if it could actually live on the Apache > site itself in the main Apache docco tree. Unfortunately, for > that to work, MultiViews and negociation would need to be > set up properly (including the appropriate AddLanguage directives, > et cetera) not only on www.apache.org, but on all of the dozens > of mirror systems as well. That seems quite unlikely to happen, > which is why I currently favour an alternate system for > the translations. > > I think a little process will be necessary if we pursue this. > For instance, translated files ought to include a 'translated > at <date>' line at the top, since they're certain to fall out > of synch.
Agreed. I have added in my doc :-) > And the master docco should be mirrored into the > tree with ".en" suffixes added. With a little work (well, maybe > more than a little), and a contact point identified for each > translation, I could see auto-notification of changes being > mailed out to translators. I.e., if the English master of > the document Kevin translated gets updated, a message containing > the diff could be sent to Kevin so he'd know to check to see > if he needed to update his version. As my experience, ( I'm a FreeBSD committer, and I maintain the FreeBSD FAQ), if I update the CVS tree, the system send all committers an email automatically that notifies I updated some files. I guess this is what you want, right? > Random thoughts at far too early an hour in the morning.. > comments, anyone? > -- > #ken P-)} > > Ken Coar <http://Web.Golux.Com/coar/> > Apache Software Foundation <http://www.apache.org/> > "Apache Server for Dummies" <http://ASFD.MeepZor.Com/> -- - Kevin Lo - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Linpus Technologies - http://www.linpus.com.tw - FreeBSD FAQ Team - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - tkWorld Project Team - http://www.tkWorld.org
