| 1 |
> Some of you may have heard about the transition to a monthly newsletter |
| 2 |
> (GMN) instead of the weekly newsletter. We'd like to try this out for a |
| 3 |
> while to see how it pans out. |
| 4 |
|
| 5 |
Thanks for picking up the pieces of the GWN and turning it into a GMN. |
| 6 |
FYI, we do docs, not news. |
| 7 |
|
| 8 |
> This email is a call for translators for the GMN. I'd like to do some |
| 9 |
> co-ordination to make sure that we publish the translations as quickly |
| 10 |
> as possible. Here's my plan (I don't know how things were done with the |
| 11 |
> GWN, so feel free to suggest changes): |
| 12 |
|
| 13 |
We also translate docs, not news. |
| 14 |
Some translators obviously contribute to both, some don't. |
| 15 |
You're posting to the wrong audience. |
| 16 |
|
| 17 |
> 1) The GMN is scheduled to be published on the 3rd monday of every |
| 18 |
> month. Deadline for new articles will be the preceding friday and I will |
| 19 |
> send a draft version to -core on Sunday. |
| 20 |
|
| 21 |
Not really our problem, but I have a hunch many hope that a monthly deadline |
| 22 |
would allow for a bit more time to comment on draft versions. |
| 23 |
|
| 24 |
> 2) Simultaneously, I will also email -doc with a link to the draft |
| 25 |
> version, so you can begin translating. |
| 26 |
|
| 27 |
I doubt many would really want to translate anything that is going to change. |
| 28 |
|
| 29 |
> 3) There may a few (minor) changes between the draft version and the |
| 30 |
> final version, but the final version won't be published until Monday, |
| 31 |
> 00:00 UTC. You can push the final translated version whenever you're done. |
| 32 |
|
| 33 |
Translators want the final version, tracking changes between your draft and |
| 34 |
the final version is a PITA. |
| 35 |
|
| 36 |
> 4) I will link to http://www.gentoo.org/news/<lang>/gmn/gmn.xml in every |
| 37 |
> issue. (Note the change in directory - gwn to gmn). The english version |
| 38 |
> of the GMN index page can be found at |
| 39 |
> http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gmn/gmn.xml (for translation reference). |
| 40 |
|
| 41 |
At the moment, 100% dead links, please do not commit any link to anything that |
| 42 |
hasn't been committed yet. |
| 43 |
|
| 44 |
> Could someone from the docs team make sure that the feeds are still |
| 45 |
> generated properly? The /cvsroot/news/en/gmn directory has already been |
| 46 |
> created, but I didn't want to do anything related to feed generation |
| 47 |
> without asking you folks first :) |
| 48 |
|
| 49 |
Docs team do docs, not feeds, but it's something I can help you with provided |
| 50 |
you have the following problem fixed for me: |
| 51 |
|
| 52 |
/var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/news/en/gmn/gmn.xml,v <-- gmn.xml |
| 53 |
new revision: 1.4; previous revision: 1.3 |
| 54 |
cvs [commit aborted]: could not open lock file |
| 55 |
`/var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/news/en/gmn/,gmn.xml,': Permission denied |
| 56 |
|
| 57 |
You'll have the same request from translators every time a new language is |
| 58 |
added. I still think you should have kept GWN for Gentoo World News. |
| 59 |
|
| 60 |
|
| 61 |
Cheers, |
| 62 |
-- |
| 63 |
/ Xavier Neys |
| 64 |
\_ Gentoo Documentation Project |
| 65 |
/ |
| 66 |
/\ http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/ |
Archives