[Live-demo] Motion: That we set up an OSGeo-Live Translators email list
Astrid Emde (OSGeo)
astrid_emde at osgeo.org
Mon Oct 23 07:59:33 PDT 2017
Hi all,
+0 from me too.
same reasons.
Astrid
Am 2017-10-20 16:58, schrieb Johan Van de Wauw:
> +0
>
> same reason
>
> On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 11:23 AM, Jakob Miksch <jakob.miksch at posteo.eu>
> wrote:
>> +0
>>
>> I also think there is not too much traffic in the main mailing list
>> yet.
>> That's why I do not really see the necessity to create another mailing
>> list.
>> But I don't mind having this translation-list if some of us find it
>> useful.
>>
>> Jakob
>>
>> On 20.10.2017 11:04, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:
>>
>> +0
>> Perhaps a new mailing list is not needed, but I am ok with this if
>> others
>> want it.
>>
>> Angelos
>>
>> On 10/19/2017 10:57 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>>
>> As per mail thread below, Nicolas and Vicky have been doing some
>> awesome
>> work setting up Transifex, and are at the stage where they are about
>> to
>> start engaging OSGeo-Live translators.
>>
>> I think it would be useful to set up an OSGeo-Live translators email
>> list,
>> where translators can hang out without needing to being distracted by
>> the
>> rest of OSGeo-Live development.
>>
>> So I'm putting a motion forward to set up an OSGeo-Live translators
>> email
>> list. This motion will wrap up during our OSGeo-Live weekly meeting
>> this
>> coming Monday / Tuesday (depending on where you live).
>>
>> +1 Cameron
>>
>> Assuming the motion passes, I think we need to ask the SAC to set it
>> up for
>> us.
>>
>>
>> On 19/10/17 4:07 pm, Baka Niko wrote:
>>
>> Hi Cameron,
>>
>> Thanks for the review.
>> I'll need guidance to set up the new mailing list.
>>
>> How do I do ? Sending a mail to SAC ? to mailman at lists.osgeo.org
>> <mailto:mailman at lists.osgeo.org>.?
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Nicolas
>>
>>
>>
>> 2017-10-18 21:42 GMT+02:00 Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com
>> <mailto:cameron.shorter at gmail.com>>:
>>
>> Hi Nicolas,
>>
>> Press release is fine. I've made a few changes [0]. I work on the
>> concept that "Less words get read more". Assume most people will
>> only read the first sentence or two.
>>
>> I suspect that it would be useful to set up an
>> OSGeo-Live-Translators email list, which I suggest setting up
>> before sending out this "call to action" for translators. Send
>> something like:
>>
>> "I notice that you have translated OSGeo Live before. Are you
>> still keen to stay involved? (I hope so.) We are setting up an
>> OSGeo-Live-Translators email list, would it be ok if we included
>> you on the list?"
>>
>> Cheers, Cameron
>>
>> [0]
>>
>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=Live_GIS_Disc_Press_Release_80&type=revision&diff=110344&oldid=110317
>>
>> <https://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=Live_GIS_Disc_Press_Release_80&type=revision&diff=110344&oldid=110317>
>> On 18/10/17 8:45 am, Baka Niko wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hi Cameron
>>
>> Here is my first draft email (I also prepared a press release
>> [4]). Can you review it before sending ?
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Nicolas
>>
>>
>> Dear OSGeo-Live contributors,
>>
>> As you might know, we are working on translating OSGeo-Live
>> Documentation using the Transifex Platform.
>>
>> We choose that in order to provide a better translation
>> experience than the old .rst files and git one.
>> It will help us doc building process of course, but we also add
>> machine translation capabilities (thanks to <compagny name>) to
>> help translators.
>>
>> It adds a review part too, that was sometimes not possible with
>> the old system (when the merger didn't speak the language), so it
>> will help us provide better quality documentation.
>>
>> All that said, the platform is online [1], ready to test. So we
>> need early translators to battle test it with several languages,
>> writing systems and such.
>>
>> We are in the moment where we can start testing the
>> infrastructure and our first draft of the translator guide [2].
>> For testing the infrastructure, translated files are needed, you
>> can translate based on the priority mark, or on the amount of
>> lines to be translated, or complete a translation that someone
>> else started, or start with your project. Note that we already
>> marked files that don't need translation.
>> Some feedback about the guide is 100% useful. (probably the guide
>> is more for a reviewer than for a translator)
>>
>> If the images below don't show in your mail, they are included in
>> our translator guide [2]
>>
>> <snip images (and text) to get through osgeo list large email
>> filter>
>> If you have any question, please join us on IRC or on this
>> mailing list.
>>
>> Vicky Vergara and Nicolas Roelandt
>> OSGeo-Live team
>>
>> [1] https://www.transifex.com/osgeo/osgeolive/
>> <https://www.transifex.com/osgeo/osgeolive/>
>> [2]
>>
>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeoLive_Translation_Process#WORK_IN_PROGRESS
>>
>> <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeoLive_Translation_Process#WORK_IN_PROGRESS>
>> [3] https://www.transifex.com/osgeo/osgeolive/languages/
>> <https://www.transifex.com/osgeo/osgeolive/languages/>
>> [4]https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc_Press_Release_80
>> <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc_Press_Release_80>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -- Cameron Shorter
>> Open Technologies Consultant
>> Geospatial & Software Architect
>> Information Demystifier
>>
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>> http://shorter.net
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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