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Ciaran McCreesh posted <20060105151138.5baf5700@××××××××.home>, excerpted |
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below, on Thu, 05 Jan 2006 15:11:38 +0000: |
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> News Item Directories |
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> Each news item will be represented by a directory whose name is the same |
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> as the news item's identifier. |
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> The directory will contain a file named |
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> ``yyyy-mm-dd-short-name.en.txt``, which contains the text of the news |
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> item, in English, in the format described below. |
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> If a news item is translated, other files named |
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> ``yyyy-mm-dd-short-name.xx.txt`` (where ``xx`` is the ISO 639 |
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> [#iso-639]_ two letter country code) will also be provided. However, |
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> only the English version of a news item is authoritative. This |
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> anglocentricity is justified by precedent [#glep-34]_. |
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This needs date clarification. For the translation, is the translated |
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file to retain the date of the original, or get the date of the |
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translation? |
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> News Item Headers |
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> ''''''''''''''''' |
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> The following headers describe the purpose and format of the news item: |
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[snip] |
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> ``Posted:`` |
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> Date of posting, in ``yyyy-mm-dd`` format (e.g. 2005-12-18) for |
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> compatibility with GLEP 45 [#glep-45]_. Mandatory. |
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Similarly here. Are translated news items to retain the original date |
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header or change it as appropriate? |
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I'd suggest an additional "Translated:" date header. The original posted |
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header could then be retained, with the translated header reflecting the |
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translation date. |
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I'm not sure about the filename embedded date. As the original date is |
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also in the directory name, the translated item filename could be the |
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translated date. OTOH, if the news item including the date is considered |
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as a single unit, there could be some confusion if a news-item is referred |
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to by differing filenames other than the country-code portion, |
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particularly if the reference doesn't include the directory name (which is |
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of course the news-item ID, therefore avoiding the potential confusion). |
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In any case, both of these should be specified one way or the other in the |
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GLEP, avoiding confusion. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman in |
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http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/12/22/rms_interview.html |
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