Re: Post-evolution

[Nadim Shaikli <shaikli at yahoo dot com>]

--- Mohammed Elzubeir <elzubeir at arabeyes dot org> wrote:
> We have had authors of the following applications/libraries visit us on
> IRC during our 'evolution party':
> 
> - ixterm
> - Qt
> - Pango
> - kbabel
> - gtranslator
> - mlterm
> - fribidi
>
[snip snip]
>
> + Emacs Arabic support
>   - Someone kept coming on IRC (and posting on the lists) about the
>     merge of emacs-bidi with the main tree. He noted being proficient in
>     Elisp but not C.
>   - He welcomed working with anyone able to take on the C aspect while
>     he takes on the Elisp part.
>   => Shaikli, N.

Noted and "on it" :-)
 
> I may have omitted one or 2 things, but what we have here is a plate
> full of challenges that need to be tackled for this new year.

Fribidi is something we need to get into in full force.
 
> Also, after the irc session, we should have already announced 2 things
> regarding the ACE program:
>   1. The transfer of ACE from linux-egypt to Arabeyes
>   2. The announcement of the new ACE

I'm still waiting for Anmar's Arabic translation of that latest ACE
before we go public with it.
 
> Aside from that, Youcef has agreed to write-up a summary of the IRC
> session for public consumption, as well as the conclusions (if any)
> reached (simply a briefing of the session).

That would be great - as noted people (for some reason) want to see
and are expecting a "results" outcome from the party.  We could use
that write-up as a means to bring forth more attention to our cause.
 
Salam.

 - Nadim


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