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From: Sven Vermeulen <swift@g.o>
To: Gentoo Dev <gentoo-dev@g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP #10 -- Proposal for restructuring the CVS regarding documentation wrt internationalization proposal
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 13:41:38
Message-Id: 20030812134127.GC8387@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP #10 -- Proposal for restructuring the CVS regarding documentation wrt internationalization proposal by Kurt Lieber
1 On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 09:05:16AM -0400, Kurt Lieber wrote:
2 > 1) anything that falls under a *.gentoo.org name needs to maintain the
3 > consistent look and feel of the main gentoo.org site.
4 >
5 > 2) they need to publish their docs using guide-xsl. This is more of a
6 > technical requirement since our entire web site is built around AxKit
7 > and XML. It also ensures that, if we update the look/feel of the web
8 > site in the future, all pages in the *.gentoo.org domain will be updated
9 > instantly.
10 >
11 > 3) they need to reside on a gentoo.org infrastructure server. Again, if it
12 > ends in gentoo.org, we need to have control over the security of the
13 > server and also have the ability to yank inappropriate content in an
14 > emergency. I won't risk having a rogue user get pissed off and posting
15 > "gentoo is a bunch of communist pinkos" on their country page.
16
17 I agree fully to this.
18
19 > That's it. I'm still open to creating those pages on a *country* specific
20 > basis, but not a language specific one. (otherwise, how do we handle
21 > countries like England, Canada and the US which all speak English)
22
23 They use the same documentation, don't they? If the page with the English
24 communities mentions the location of each community, then this issue is
25 solved. I don't see a reason of having seperate ${COUNTRY}.gentoo.org
26 domains just because their communities are located elsewhere...
27
28 Wkr,
29 Sven Vermeulen
30
31 --
32 Save some animals, eat a vegetarian.

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