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So, what if there was a group of users in +</I>>><i> charge of updating the package descriptions/translations where +</I>>><i> needed? Would this work? +</I>><i> The problem is that currently if we want to translate the description, +</I>><i> then +</I>><i> +</I>><i> we have to modify the SPEC of the RPM, which can only be done with +</I>><i> packager. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Like the previous messages, we have 2 methods to choose: +</I>><i> +</I>><i> 1 .po files for 1 package +</I>><i> +</I>><i> or +</I>><i> +</I>><i> 1 .po files for multiple packages +</I>><i> +</I>><i> The first one would cause many .po files to maintain, while the other +</I>><i> +</I>><i> cause the maintainence hard( too complicate). +</I>><i> ==== +</I>><i> I think maybe a more aggresive way is better: +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Make the detailed description available only for programs, not packages. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Currently the RPMDRAKE is packages based, which is hard for newbies to +</I>><i> find +</I>><i> +</I>><i> programs they need and the amount of the description need to maintain +</I>><i> also scares +</I>><i> +</I>><i> everyone off. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> The "Programs with GUI" option is the first step, but I think we +</I>><i> should step further, +</I>><i> +</I>><i> let people install programs, not packages. Therefore, we can ease both +</I>><i> the difficulty +</I>><i> +</I>><i> of maintain descriptions and installation harsh. +</I> +I don't quite follow this distinction of programs and packages. +A package is a file with installation instructions for a program, or a +set of closely related programs. Sometimes a program with many modules +is divided into more than one package, but then there are one or more +core packages, essential to the installation of the others. +So maybe some packages would need minimal documentation since they are +dependant on a core package (e.g. OpenOffice). +But if considering installing a package containing a number of closely +related programs, wouldn't one want all the contained programs to be +documented ? +Since they would almost necessarily be complementary ? +And if you install only one program at a time, essentially you are +saying that each package contains exactly one program. So you want 37 +packages to install Openoffice ? And you want 4 or 5 packages instead +of one for the diff (file comparison) utilities ? + +By the way, if newbies are scared off by packages, why is the Microsoft +environment package oriented ? +(Even though often a package of numerous programs is referred to as a +program.) + +In any case, a documentation group which takes care of the package +description and localisation, done in a collorative online environment, +such that the package descriptions can be automatically included in +created packages, is a very workable solution. +This is basically applying the documentation and translation process of +many major open source projects to package description. + +my 2 cents :) +- André + +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="002661.html">[Mageia-discuss] Suggestions +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="002667.html">[Mageia-discuss] Suggestions +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#2664">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#2664">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#2664">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#2664">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |