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- Dennis > -----Original Message----- > From: Dennis E. Hamilton [mailto:dennis.hamil...@acm.org] > Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2016 11:26 > To: d...@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Internationalization of 4.1.2-patch1 (was RE: a question about > "APPLY-4.1.2-patch1.bat") > > All of the information on the release of 4.1.2-patch1, including readmes > and messages from the patch install and uninstall scripts, is in > English. See > <https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/openoffice/4.1.2- > patch1/hotfix.html> and the Readme files. Also, the Windows package > contains install and uninstall scripts that provide messages in English. > > It would be useful for there to be internationalization of the texts and > messages, especially for the Windows version. > > If the proportion of languages chosen for downloads is an useful guide, > > English language is selected for over 40% of downloads. > > If French, German, Italian, and Spanish were also supported, then a > total of 75% of all downloads would be covered. > > To reach 90%, add Japanese, Russian, Polish, Dutch, and Portuguese (BR). > > Supplementing the 4.1.2-patch1 files in this manner is possible, if > committers are willing to provide translations. To submit a translation > for the Windows case, we need a translation of the README and of the > text messages presented by the APPLY and REVERT scripts in the Zip for > Windows. These must be supplied by an OpenOffice committer who can > provide a PGP signature on their submission, or they must be submitted > to the project and a committer familiar with the language accepts them. > > - Dennis > > PS: This does not impact the placing of the current packages into > general distribution. Additional languages can be provided in > supplemental distributions. > > PPS: This is also an area of "Help Wanted" that would be valuable in > support of the project. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jörg Schmidt [mailto:joe...@j-m-schmidt.de] > > Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2016 01:53 > > To: d...@openoffice.apache.org > > Subject: a question about "APPLY-4.1.2-patch1.bat" > > > > Hello, > > > > Maybe, i would like to create a German-annotated version of patch, > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: l10n-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: l10n-h...@openoffice.apache.org
