Thanks I am learning (hopefully fast). So I need to check (somehow) that when we release danish (as binary distribution) the dictionary etc is included, I assume I can see that by looking hard at the build script ?
Jan I. On 2 December 2012 21:59, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 3:50 PM, janI <[email protected]> wrote: > > And sorry for me being slow in understanding...when we release AOO with X > > languages, then it is only the translation part, or do we automatically > > download dictionaries etc. or do the user always have to do that manually > > (thinking of our long discussion of a 1 download setup discussion) ? > > > > When we use the word "release" we use a term that has caused heated > discussions at Apache before. So be prepared for multiple > definitions. > > Everyone agrees that a release includes the source code, i.e., the > source tarball package that contains the core code for AOO, just the > Apache Licensed stuff. So the source package does not contain > dictionaries, etc. > > We then also publish a set of binary packages for the convenience of > our users. Some consider these to be part of the "release", others > say these are outside of the "release". But this might be a > distinction without a difference. The important thing to note is that > these binary packages can bundle certain non-Apache licensed modules > and extensions, including dictionaries. > > Regards, > > -Rob > > > Jan I. > > > > On 2 December 2012 21:31, RGB ES <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> 2012/12/2 janI <[email protected]> > >> > >> > @rob: > >> > > >> > How can we check the state of dictionaries / thesaurus / hyphen ? > >> > > >> > Translation is a big issue, but I have an idea the rest is even > bigger ? > >> > > >> > Pootle server is only for translation (if I am correct), so the other > >> parts > >> > are updated how ? > >> > > >> > Jan I. > >> > > >> > >> As most dictionaries have incompatible licenses (most of them are LGPL) > >> they are external projects. In fact, the same spell dictionaries are > used > >> by other projects, like firefox (at least, that's the situation with the > >> Spanish dictionaries developed by the project "Recursos lingüísticos > >> abiertos del español"(1)). The situation is similar for the thesaurus > and > >> AFAIK the hyphenation patterns comes from LaTeX, so we have no control > on > >> any of them. > >> > >> Regards > >> Ricardo > >> > >> (1) https://forja.rediris.es/projects/rla-es/ > >> > >> > >> > >> > > >> > On 2 December 2012 21:10, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > >> > > On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 9:41 AM, Gisli Kristjansson < > >> [email protected]> > >> > > wrote: > >> > > > Hi. > >> > > > > >> > > > Is there any group now working towards an Icelandic translation? > If > >> > so, > >> > > I > >> > > > would like to participate. > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > Hello Gísli, > >> > > > >> > > First, you should subscribe to this mailing list. Otherwise you > will > >> > > miss most messages regarding OpenOffice translations. (You are only > >> > > receiving this because I sent to you directly.) To subscribe, send > an > >> > > email to [email protected]. > >> > > > >> > > Second, the current state of the Icelandic translation is 98% > >> > > complete. So it is very nearly done. With you help we can complete > >> > > the UI translation and review it, and have it ready for release. > >> > > > >> > > Finally, if you are interested in helping (and it sounds like you > are) > >> > > please review this page which has more useful information on how we > >> > > translate: > >> > > > >> > > http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/translate.html > >> > > > >> > > We have a deadline of December 31st for translation completion, if > you > >> > > want Icelandic included in our AOO 3.4.1 update release. > >> > > > >> > > Regards, > >> > > > >> > > -Rob > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > Regards, > >> > > > > >> > > > Gísli > >> > > > >> > > >> >
