I grew up in northern Minnesota and have several contacts from Native American organizations up there. I just might give them a call to see if they'd be interested in doing something like this.
-a -----Original Message----- From: n. alex rupp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 12:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: i18n-Native American question It's a very unfortunate thing, actually. I did not write an entry to retrace the matter as it developed, as I most likely should have. The lady to which I spoke admitted to me that she was only a part-time employee of the organization in question. Worse, she is the sole representative of their Minnesota office, which doesn't have time to pursue this particular matter with us. While there might be other organizations of similar nature, hers will be incapable of pursuing the matter further with us, due to lack of time and resources. However, my desire to add i18n support to the backbone of the user interface stands. If we provide the capability for people on the list to customize the language of the console, user interface, help files, etc; I think it will help non-english speakers add support for their languages. I ever learn to read and write Lakota or Ojibwe, I'll be happy to create language packs for them but would otherwise suggest someone more proficient than me do that job. Until someone comes around and does, I don't see the matter as a pressing concern. Translation of documentation and wiki into other languages is always welcome. Those of you with little or no idea how you can become involved might consider helping with translation : ) -- N. Alex Rupp ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Sondgeroth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2003 9:28 PM Subject: i18n-Native American question I read (somewhere) that a Minnesota-based Native American group and one of the committers came to an agreement that Geronimo will contain some i18n modules with one or more Native American languages. Can someone point me to the appropriate URL or elaborate on the details for me? Thanks, -a (FYI - I'm putting together an article and I want to get my facts straight.)
