Everyone,

The question is not whether we move the documentation repositories to a new version control system (like svn), because the entire php.net will do that. The question here is how to better manage the translation process and ideally come up with a solution before that move. Well, we must, because the change forces us to.

One option is to use gettext. This could mean English is in DocBook and translations use po files that are generated and managed from that DocBook. Please think about this and other options. This would involve using CAT and other modern methods so have a look:

  - CAT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-assisted_translation

The po (gettext) option seems to offer the most tools and flexibility, and other projects in the Open Source community (like KDE, Ubuntu) use it. I may sound set in using po but am not and am only researching ideas. Please discuss this and other ideas. And, volunteers are needed to help migrate to whatever new system we choose.

Regards,
Philip

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