I'm one of Christian Perrier's 'unsuccessful' attempts. I took his offer seriously, but I didn't find the time for doing it. I think a Hebrew installation could lure people, even if they aren't crazy about text installation.
I think I can deal with the task, but it will take me a while. Regards, Lior Kaplan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.Guides.co.il Come to write at the forums: http://www.guides.co.il/forums ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shlomi Loubaton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Shaul Karl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 2:53 AM Subject: Re: Debian-installer i18n bidi and Hebrew news. > Shaul Karl wrote: > > Quoting Christian Perrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> recent report about the > > state of the Debian-installer i18n Hebrew and Arabic issues: > > > > Arabic is near 100% but needs some work in dialog interface libraries > > to get BIDI and shaping implemented. News from this needed. > > > > I tried to get in touch with some possible Hebrew translators but this > > wasn't really successful up to now. > > > > The full text of his message, in which the BIDI languages are only a > > small portion, is at > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2004/debian-boot-200401/msg02670.html. > > I actually thought about a translated Debian installer for a while , but then > i realized that most newbish users would rather use a friendlier > distribution, and experienced users would usually prefer using English for > installation. So , I'm not sure how useful this might get. > > However, i think translating the Debian installer wouldn't be too much work > and even a single translator can handle it (i guess) so it might be nice to > just have the option(??). > > Did anyone start / wanted to start translating it ? > > Shlomi L. > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
