Keld J�rn Simonsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > the problem is too small for me to bother doing i18n, e.g. > > handling of message translations and handling of different > > keyboard maps, since all newbies go through cdrom.img which is > > 100% automatic. > > I was not thinking of getting all the i18n messages on a special > boot.img just for special booting. It was only the keyboard.
When doing i18n, if you do the keyboard you're sure people want the messages also. > And this was indeed primarily meant for testers. I find it very > annoying and I make a lot of keying errors to try to remember > all of the US keys on my danish keyboard. It takes me longer to test > things with this, and I am not the only tester that uses normal > non-us keyboards. The keys of my keyboard are in my fingers, > I do not think about them. So when a key like - or / are > placed differently it severely slows down my typing. I understand that it bothers you, but sorry, I won't do it. > My other request was for all i18n to be on the cooker distribution. > This is not because I do not understand english, but because > I have used quite some time of my wee hours to translate > specific Mandrake software into danish. And if I should have > any chance of testing my work (of which I do expect Mandrake > to also benefit from, in the Danish market) i need it on the > cooker distribution. If not, then the only go I have for it > is on the official release. If MandrakeSoft wants a quality product in > other marketplaces than the US, France and germany, then you > should have a plan for doing QA on these languages. And then better > include them all, I think. Well, all i18n is on the cooker distro. What do you mean? [gc@bi ~/rpm] rpm -qpi /RPMS/locales-da-2.3.1.2-8mdk.i586.rpm Name : locales-da Relocations: (not relocateable) Version : 2.3.1.2 Vendor: MandrakeSoft Release : 8mdk Build Date: Fri Feb 22 16:41:16 2002 Install date: (not installed) Build Host: bi.mandrakesoft.com Group : System/Internationalization Source RPM: locales-2.3.1.2-8mdk.src.rpm Size : 797993 License: GPL Packager : Mandrake Linux Team <http://www.mandrakeexpert.com> Summary : Base files for localization (Danish) Description : These are the base files for Danish language localization; you need it to correctly display 8bits Danish characters, and for proper alphabetical sorting and representation of dates and numbers according to Danish language conventions. [gc@bi ~/rpm] rpm -qpi /RPMS/kde-i18n-da-2.2.2-2mdk.noarch.rpm Name : kde-i18n-da Relocations: (not relocateable) Version : 2.2.2 Vendor: MandrakeSoft Release : 2mdk Build Date: Sat Feb 23 01:37:32 2002 Install date: (not installed) Build Host: bi.mandrakesoft.com Group : Graphical desktop/KDE Source RPM: kde-i18n-da-2.2.2-2mdk.src.rpm Size : 6561052 License: GPL Packager : Mandrake Linux Team <http://www.mandrakeexpert.com> URL : http://www.kde.org/ Summary : Danish language support for KDE Description : Danish language support for KDE. etc. -- Guillaume Cottenceau - http://www.frozen-bubble.org/
