I believe the working language[1] of ASF projects is English. 1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_language
În Vin, 11 nov. 2016 la 11:13 Bertrand Delacretaz <bdelacre...@apache.org> a scris: > On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 8:37 AM, Niclas Hedhman <nic...@hedhman.org> > wrote: > > ...there have been language specific mailing lists in the past, but they > tend > > to be short-lived... > > I think an important distinction is between a project's dev list, > which is where project decisions must be made. That one must currently > be in English so that ASF members and the Board can review discussions > and decisions if needed, without relying on imperfect translations. > > Having users channels in other languages can be useful but that's > probably only viable for big projects with lots of users, so that each > list can be a meaningful community. > > IMO chat channels in other languages than English are not really a > problem, as long as the project's decisions happen on its dev list. > Like with any other non-dev-list channel, someone needs to bring > discussions to the dev list as long as they become important - like > affecting the software development as opposed to just being coffee > machine type discussions. > > -Bertrand > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >
