Re: What are the needed Arabized applications?

[Anmar Oueja <anmar at canada dot com>]

Here is my list of needed Arabized applications:

The rating I'm using,
  5 - Must have
  4 - Critical (very much in need of this)
  3 - Important to have (need this)
  2 - Nice to include
  1 - Of Interest

Name            : gnome-terminal
Version         : 2.2.2
Category        : terminal emulator
Importance      : A Must (4/5)
Status          : Proper Bidi and shaping.

Name            : ncurses
Version         : 5.3
Category        : Text Based GUI. Important for Installers
Importance      : A Must (4/5)
Status          : Proper Bidi and shaping.

Name            : Evolution
Version         : 1.4
Category        : terminal emulator
Importance      : A Must (4/5)
Status          : Proper translation

Name            : xfce4
Version         : 4
Category        : Light Weight Window Environment (GTK2 Based)
Importance      : A Must (2/5)
Status          : Proper Translation.


On Mon, 2003-08-25 at 10:14, Muhammad Alkarouri wrote:
> Salam everyone
> For the distro project we would like to know which packages would you
> like to see in an Arabic-friendly distro; so we can include them in the
> application lists. 
> Please include the following information about any suggested package:
> - Category (editor/browser/officeware/etc)
> - Name (katoob/mozilla/etc)
> - Degree of importance (one of: critical/important/good/nice)
> - Status with respect to Arabic
> - preferably, the version
> The degree of importance usually characterizes the category rather than
> the specific package. The category will serve as a virtual package in
> debian. e.g. browser(critical) means that either mozilla, konqueror,
> galeon must be there if they are the packages in category browser. 
> 
> As an example:
> katoob:
> BiDi editor, katoob, critical, good Arabic support.
> 
> openoffice:
> officeware, openoffice, important, good Arabic support, version 1.1 RC3
> 
> This means that katoob or one of its replacements is a must for a
> distro, openoffice or a replacement (maybe koffice) should be there.
> 
> And remember, this does not include every single Linux package out
> there. Just because many of us like chess does not mean that xboard
> should be arabized;)
> 
> Random: A Municipality must act fairly in the tendering process but is
> not required to accept the lowest tender.
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