On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 12:03 PM, Jürgen Schmidt <jogischm...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 5/13/13 9:24 AM, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: >> On 5/9/13 9:11 PM, Ariel Constenla-Haile wrote: >>> On Thu, May 09, 2013 at 02:11:31PM -0400, Rob Weir wrote: >>>>> It can still have some meaning: suppose someone in the >>>>> ecosystem is building custom versions of AOO for their >>>>> customers, they may want to configure with --with-vendor; they >>>>> can even change the images in the dialog to whatever suits them >>>>> (anyone can try this by changing the PNGs in the folder where >>>>> the main executable file resides, about.png is the header of >>>>> the dialog, logo.png is the main logo at the left), for >>>>> example: >>>>> http://people.apache.org/~arielch/images/AboutDialogCustomImg.jpg >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >> I can certainly see it being useful for someone else who builds a >>>> customized version of AOO. But that's not us. We're not *based >>>> on* Apache OpenOffice. We *are* Apache OpenOffice. This is >>>> confusing. Remember, we're trying to educate users to download >>>> safely, and use trusted downloads that continue Apache >>>> OpenOffice. So saying that we're "based on" OpenOffice is >>>> weird. >>> >>> That resource string can be split in several parts, and have two >>> versions for that particular one: >>> >>> "This product was created by %OOOVENDOR, based on Apache >>> OpenOffice.\n" used if -DOOO_VENDOR is passed to the compiler >>> >>> "This product was created by %OOOVENDOR" used if -DOOO_VENDOR is >>> not passed. >>> >>> %OOOVENDOR is still needed as it makes branding "easier". >>> >>> >>> Another thing to think about, is taking out of the string the parts >>> that don't need translation. For example, in >>> >>> "Copyright © 2012 Apache Software Foundation.\n" >>> >>> In some languages, they have translated "Software Foundation", in >>> others not; in some they have translated "Copyright", in others >>> not. We can state clearly what is supposed to be translated and >>> what not. vid. >>> http://opengrok.adfinis-sygroup.org/source/search?q=ABOUT_STR_COPYRIGHT&defs=&refs=&path=extras%2Fl10n%2Fsource%2F&hist=&project=aoo-AOO34 >>> >>> >> that make a lot of sense and I agree that we should change the About >> dialog. >> >> Ariel created a further issue regarding the README and this changes >> make sense as well. >> >> I will trigger a (hopefully last) minor translation update for both >> changes when the fixes are in place. >> >> It's probably also a good idea to collect all this release relevant >> items that have to be checked for every relase. An up-to-date README >> is useful for the interested user. Or we move every changing content >> out of the file and on a easy to change webpage where we have more >> flexibility. >> > > I worked on this and split the string in several parts and insert some > dependencies. See also the comments in the issue that I won't repeat all > here. > > The main Copyright string will not be translated (the green marked > string in the screenshots). > > We will have now 2 versions > > 1. default version if vendor is "Apache Software Foundation" > > http://people.apache.org/~jsc/screenshots/About_default.png > > 2. if the vendor is somebody else > > http://people.apache.org/~jsc/screenshots/About_vendor.png > > The wording can still be tuned and I am open to any suggestions until > Tuesday. > > The copyright year is fixed for our default (at the moment 2013) and > will set at build time when the vendor changed. This will probably > changed in the future and the date will move into the openoffice.lst >
Would it be possible to have some space between each paragraph, e.g., a blank line before "The OpenOffice community acknowledges..." -Rob > Juergen > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
