Re: preliminary plan

[Anmar Oueja <anmar at arabeyes dot org>]

Arafat Medini wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> This is my preliminary plan which for sure needs further discussion.
> Have a good base is very important, we are heading towards releases
> beyond 2.4, gnome is beginning to become really mature, we can't rely
> anymore on alpha and beta strings with grammar similar to what foreign
> arabic language students use in their first year...
>
> So my plan is fairly simple: clean-up and ONLY work on 2.6

Agreed. It seems best given the current situation of the translation and 
the army ot translators available ;)

> With 2.6.1 coming out I want to have a solid "string base" which is
> REALLY consistent, clean and professional. Different from Windows, and
> very innovative. Simple and clean that's what I like most.

I agree with the consistency but I question why it should be different 
from Windows. I think the more similar to Windows it is the better 
(users learning curve will be flatter) assuming Windows is using decent 
terminology.

> This means Arabbix will have to wait till 2.6 comes and it will rely on
> 2.2 code. Bad I know BUT gnome for eg. had to wait nearly one more year
> till gtk got the jump to 2.0 so that the ppl could work on gnome 2.0
> which resulted in a delay in 2 years.

Arabbix can wait until 2.6 is out on Debian let alone on out ;) This 
will take time so I am not holding my breath. BTW, any idea when is 2.6 
is slated for release ?

> And rewrite is the most important thing now in the lifecycle of the
> gnome arabization project I think. To make it up to date, fresh and a
> good base for further big work, namely Arabbix  with maybe Evo at some
> time or RH or Novell distros entering the Arabic market.

Could you explain what you mean by "rewrite" ?
> Give me your thoughts, what do you think about this? I'll be open for
> any suggestion.

There are many items that need attention... such as logistics or how to 
go about doing it, consistency, merging cvs and some Arabbix related 
questions. You and I will talk about Arabbix when we meet on IRC.

Thanks for you efforts Arafat... it is super you are still on this 
project. I myself very dedicated to GNOME and think it is the choice for 
Arabbix Desktop given the translation effort and the simple nature of GNOME.

Salam
> yours
> Arafat Medini
>
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