Re: Mozilla translations into APT

[Nadim Shaikli <shaikli at yahoo dot com>]

--- Christian Perrier <bubulle at debian dot org> wrote:
> Quoting Nadim Shaikli (shaikli at yahoo dot com):
> > Ayman, you might also want to start (Mr. Christian Perrier might be
> > able to help :-) looking into getting the mozilla translated files
> 
> Yep, I might help.

Wonderful !!  Something told me that you would else why would you have
been elected Arabeyes' Q3.2004 ACE :-)

> A new package in Debian requires an ITP bug report to be file (Intent
> To Package). Here, the process is easy as the package will mimic
> another package.
> 
> Technically speaking, one does not need to be a Debian Developer for
> proposing a new package. The individual doing the ITP bug may be
> someone planning to build the package and have some Debian Developer
> make the controls and the upload (this is called "sponsored uploads").
> 
> So, if one of you people wants to work on such a package, (s)he is
> welcome for that. The needed skills here are knowing how to build a
> Debian package....in that case a quite simple one.
> 
> I'll download one of these packages and see if it is that
> complicated...If it is not, I may file an ITP for Arabic...
> 
> Subject: Bug#279424: ITP: mozilla-firefox-locale-es-es -- Mozilla Firefox
> Spanish (es-ES) language/region package
> From: Cesar Martinez Izquierdo <listas at ono dot com>
> To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit at bugs dot debian dot org>
> X-Mailer: reportbug 3.1
> Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2004 01:14:46 +0100
> 
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> 
> * Package name    : mozilla-firefox-locale-es-es
>   Version         : 0.9.3
>   Upstream Author : Nave Project <nave at elistas dot net>
> * URL             : http://nave.hispalinux.es/
> * License         : (MPL, GPL)
>   Description     : Mozilla Firefox spanish (es-ES) language/region package
> 
>  Spanish menu/message resource and region property package
>  for Mozilla  Firefox (spanish as spoken in Spain, es-ES).
>  .
>  Homepage: http://nave.hispalinux.es/ 

Ayman, do please coordinate with Christian as it seems we are very
close (due to your and Abdulaziz's hard work) to getting FireFox
fully translated - last I checked it was a 96% [1].

[1] http://www.arabeyes.org/project.php?proj=Mozilla

Salam and keep up this exceptional pace and work !!

 - Nadim "on a mission to get everything Arabeyes touches into APT :-)"



		
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