Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 21:22:09 +0100 From: Udo Erdelhoff <ue@nathan.ruhr.de> To: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Translators: Need feedback on FAQ reorganization Message-ID: <20010312212209.G77178@nathan.ruhr.de> In-Reply-To: <20010312093709.B3114@canyon.nothing-going-on.org>; from nik@freebsd.org on Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 09:37:09AM %2B0000 References: <20010311125040.E31751@holly.calldei.com> <20010312003518.A77178@nathan.ruhr.de> <20010312093709.B3114@canyon.nothing-going-on.org>
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Hi, > On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 12:35:18AM +0100, Udo Erdelhoff wrote: > > [0] It might be possible to use the "our" repository (i.e. that of the > > FreeBSD German Documentation Project) for this purpose. I'll talk to > > Alexander Langer (alex@big.endidan.de) about it, it's his box. > > Why do you guys have a separate repository? Does it make things easier > somehow? yes, it does. The three people who are listed in the first commit message on freefall aren't committers and a local repository was the only way to get the ball rolling. The idea was to "collect" changes in our repo and to use our resident committer (Alexander Langer) to commit the changes to freefall every once in a while. And you should be glad that we used this options. The german repository started on my HD on 27-DEC-2000 with revision 1.1. We repo-copied it to it's final location on big.endian.de on 29-DEC-2000 with revision 1.20. I caught the international version of the FAQ (1.132 at that time) on 02-JAN-2001 with the german version 1.76. The first version on freefall is the german version 1.110. Check the archives of de-bsd-translators (http://www.de.freebsd.org/de/archive) for the gory details. The second big advantage of a local repository is the ability to include changes that would cause an outcry if somebody took a closer look at the markup in the german version. The german version doesn't have links to man.cgi, we don't have <emphasis remap=foo> anymore, the book listings are actually usable, the links to amazon.com work, there are no useless <para></para> around lists, Nemeth edition 3, ... "If it is worth doing, it is worth doing it right." /s/Udo [0] Alex seems to have lots of not-fun with my habit of slapping the original $FreeBSD$ line into the top of the FAQ to have a reference. -- Ich will keinen erzieherischen Wert, ich will Tote. [Lars Marowsky-Bree in de.alt.sysadmin.recovery] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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