Andrew, In one sentence, it "intends" to provide a framework for internationalization of Java projects, within the Apache/Jakarta projects themselves and for users of the Apache/Jakarta code outside Apache.
I had started out trying to see where I could make use of the Jakarta code, and eliminate duplication of effort on my part. But the one thing I ran into was most of the Jakarta subprojects do not provide for internationalization, which is a shame, because the Java SDK does quite a good job of providing support for that. That might actually be a good thing, since there currently is the opportunity to provide a framework for doing it in one place, rather than having each subproject do it differently. Robert Simpson "Andrew C. Oliver" wrote: > >From the proposal I was not able to determine *what it intends to do*.. > Besides that, the criteria for helping is IMHO a bit discouraging. Granted > its hard to help if you've never been outside of Kansas, but maybe Dorothy > darn tootin cares about i18n and wants to make sure that toto can use her > application... Perhaps there is something left for her to do even if she > only speaks 'merican. > > -Andy > > On 7/5/03 12:16 AM, "Tetsuya Kitahata" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello, Robert, > > > > > > Personally, I am interested in this project, but I am not a *member* > > in ASF. (Just a *committer* in jakarta) > > How about posting your message to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ?? > > (subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > Maybe, you can find the ASF *member* outside of jakarta. > > > > Here's a list of the number of *committer* and *member* in ASF umbrella > > ( Originally created by Steven Noels) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ---- > > Amount of committers: 677 > > > > "Name","committers","members" > > "ant","34","8" > > "apr","42","32" > > "avalon","80","15" > > "cocoon","60","14" > > "commons","10","10" > > "db","35","9" > > "embperl","13","6" > > "httpd","145","111" > > "incubator","26","12" > > "jakarta","314","35" > > "james","13","3" > > "java","7","1" > > "maven","25","4" > > "mod_dtcl","9","4" > > "modperl","18","7" > > "tcl","9","4" > > "ws","86","11" > > "xml","259","28" > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ---- > > > > There are only 35 potential "Mentor"s (I mean, sponsors) in jakarta, as > > you can see. If you are confident you can build a powerful community, > > IMHO you do not have to stick to seek the Mentor in jakarta. > > > > I hope this mail might help you to some extent. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > -- Tetsuya ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > On 3 Jul 2003 15:23:10 -0000 > > (Subject: [i18n] Internationalization subproject sponsor?) > > Robert Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> To current members of the Jakarta project: > >> > >> Is there any current member of the Jakarta project who would be interested in > >> sponsoring the entry of the Internationalization subproject into the > >> incubator? > >> > >> The Internationalization subproject would be somewhat different than the > >> other Jakarta projects in that there would be two types of contributors: > >> > >> 1. the (traditional) code contributors > >> 2. the language translation contributors > >> > >> So far, the reponses I have received regarding people would would be > >> interested > >> in contributing have all been outside Jakarta - mostly language translators. > >> Since the Internationalization subproject would most likely fit into the > >> Jakarta project, it would help to have a sponsor from within Jakarta, per the > >> "Incubation Process" documentation. > >> > >> The subproject proposal and initial code contribution can be found earlier in > >> the Jakarta General mailing list, or here: > >> http://www.itoolset.com/i18n/PROPOSAL.html > >> > >> Without a sponsor, I will probably move the code that was extracted in > >> preparation for submission to Apache back into the iToolSet package hierarchy > >> and let it pass as an Apache contribution until there is more interest in a > >> common Internationalization architecture within Apache itself. > >> > >> Thanks in advance. > >> Robert Simpson > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > Tetsuya Kitahata -- Terra-International, Inc. > > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.terra-intl.com/ > > (Apache Jakarta Translation, Japanese) > > http://jakarta.terra-intl.com/ > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > Andrew C. 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