On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 2:07 AM, C. Scott Ananian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 4:29 PM, Sayamindu Dasgupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> c) Language packs: The current system of language packs is not very >> reliable (it overwrites the original translations in the system, >> installations cannot be easily undone, no versioning, etc). I want to >> switch to a RPM based language pack system for 9.1, which will be >> easier to deploy (especially if the customization key mechanism gets >> support for RPM). This will require support for multiple locale >> directories, and I'll talk about that as well (Ubuntu uses a similar >> approach - I plan to reuse their patches if possible). > > We've talked about this before on sugar@ I think, and we'll no doubt > talk more at the XOcamp, but I prefer reusing as much of the 'activity > bundle' mechanisms as possible, so that language packs can be > installed/removed/upgraded "just like" activity and content bundles. > Mostly this means supporting language packs which are installed in > /home, not just ones installed in /, but I'd like to think about > unifying the various "bundles" into a consistent format.
Sounds like a valid plan - I see no major issues. My only concern is that the current language pack must go as soon as possible (which means 9.1 :-). The current packs make me nervous, and they add another step in cases of mass deployments, which is not good. Cheers, Sayamindu -- Sayamindu Dasgupta [http://sayamindu.randomink.org/ramblings] _______________________________________________ Sugar mailing list Sugar@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar