If you are in #fink, you probably noticed. For those who don't chat, I have joined Fink developer team. One of my roles, as far as I understand, is to enhance the m17n of Fink website and documentation with David (dmalloc) and Peter (pogma). I use the term m17n, but you can replace it with localization or i18n if not appropriate.
I am writing this email because it will probably affect all developers who write Fink webpages and documents and because many current and potential Fink developers and users are not comfortable with English. Whatever procedure we take to implement m17n, you will have to be m17n-aware, e.g. you will notify the mainteners of other languages. Below doesn't care m17n of fink packages and package database, just website. As I see many m17n websites, and acutally maintain one myself, I see a few major methods: 1. separate websites: For example, Apple has apple.co.jp which has the information only provided in Japanese. With this method, these two websites tend to have different information. Another example is www.openoffice.org (and corresponding ja.openoffice.org). The top pages obviously contains different contents. I don't like this because it will split the community. 2. language directories: Apple has most (except Japanese) languages under apple.com. This style is easy to start when the English version has already existed. From my experience, this is not easy as it may first seem, unless you have a strong team like the company. 3. many pages in the same direcotry The site with directories such as en, de and fr. Debian takes this style. The server fetches browser information and picks up the language of the choice. Read: http://www.debian.org/intro/cn 4. phpLang or similar script The same concept as 3, but it enables redesign of the website easier. I have made a similar script by myself and use at www.tlug.jp. This solution would be ideal for Fink website, but it would take a few months to move from the current to phpLang-based. Read: http://www.phpheaven.net/projects/phplang/documentation/tutorial_article8.html I favour option 3 or 4 because they need less contibutors to keep up with. David-san, how do you think? -- + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + BABA Yoshihiko + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + Towards the Better Environment + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
