From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 11 18:43:02 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DFD416A40F for ; Wed, 11 Oct 2006 18:43:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Received: from igloo.linux.gr (igloo.linux.gr [62.1.205.36]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0364043D45 for ; Wed, 11 Oct 2006 18:42:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Received: from gothmog.pc (host5.bedc.ondsl.gr [62.103.39.229]) (authenticated bits=128) by igloo.linux.gr (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-2) with ESMTP id k9BIgXU8025675 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Wed, 11 Oct 2006 21:42:35 +0300 Received: from gothmog.pc (gothmog [127.0.0.1]) by gothmog.pc (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id k9BIhBRI064592; Wed, 11 Oct 2006 21:43:11 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Received: (from giorgos@localhost) by gothmog.pc (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id k9BIh9vT064591; Wed, 11 Oct 2006 21:43:09 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@freebsd.org) Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 21:43:09 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Ganbold Message-ID: <20061011184309.GB64381@gothmog.pc> References: <452C4FA7.5080902@micom.mng.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Dxnq1zWXvFF0Q93v" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <452C4FA7.5080902@micom.mng.net> X-Hellug-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Hellug-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-2.683, required 5, AWL -0.28, BAYES_00 -2.60, DNS_FROM_RFC_ABUSE 0.20, UNPARSEABLE_RELAY 0.00) X-Hellug-MailScanner-From: keramida@freebsd.org X-Spam-Status: No Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, Natsagdorj Shagdar Subject: Re: Handbook translation X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 18:43:02 -0000 --Dxnq1zWXvFF0Q93v Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2006-10-11 09:57, Ganbold wrote: > Hi, > I and my other colleagues are thinking to work on Mongolian translation= =20 > of FreeBSD handbook. Cool :) > So in this regard we have some questions: > > o What is the correct way to begin translation of FreeBSD handbook to > other languages? o One of the most useful things will be a 'mirror' or 'branch' of the doc/ tree in a repository where you can collaborate with others, prepare your changes, integrate them with the rest of the doc/ tree. For one-person teams, like me working on doc/el_GR.ISO8859-7/ this is not so important, since I can always rebase my own work on recent doc/ snapshots. o The next important thing will be a doc/FOO subdirectory where you keep your work. Pick a name that matches the existing scheme, and stick to it. o If you don't already have a doc-committer in your team, it will also be nice to find someone who can review your changes, and push them to our CVS tree. I don't know Mongolian, so I can't do this but other people from freebsd-doc may be able to help > Are there any steps? Is there any docs/references which explains this? The `fdp-primer' book is a good starting point. It contains a lot of useful information about how to work with the doc/ tree, what tools we use, and other stuff which is constantly updated. > Which is preferable method? To work on clear text or work with sgml files? Ideally, it would be nice if you worked with SGML files, in a format that can be committed directly to our CVS tree. Having a repository with your work as a 'branch' of doc/ will make things much much easier if you go this way. > I appreciate if somebody can give us some advices and recommendations. The best advice I can give you is: * Set up a repository for your own work * Start hacking the doc/mn_XXX/ tree already :) --Dxnq1zWXvFF0Q93v Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFLTs91g+UGjGGA7YRAh84AKCoTH45JkTQrf51nHGptZXgr00fUgCdFAa5 7A4KDo/ITX4uTG0lfJ41VZ8= =cxbi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Dxnq1zWXvFF0Q93v--