Re: Country specific add-on package
Olivier Hallot <[email protected]>
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Hello Helge Helge Hess wrote: > On Aug 25, 2004, at 22:59, Olivier Hallot wrote: > >> With the forthcoming release 1.0, I thought it is perhaps time to >> have some extra packages with data specific to the country where OGo >> is installed. > > > Isn't this already done for language packs? partially, see below > >> For example, If OGo will be installed in a US company, the "US-extra" >> package can contain data specific to US holidays such as 4th of July >> and others US-only holidays. > > > For non-English things this could be part of the language pack. As I pointed in http://docs.opengroupware.org/Members/olivier/holidays-reloaded/view the files /opt/opengroupware.org/Library/OpenGroupware.org/OGoSchedulerViews.lso/Resources/Defaults.plist and $GNUSTEP_USER_ROOT/Libraries/Resources/OGoScheduler/Holidays.plist are not part of the Languages packs, but bear country-specific data OK for me if these 2 files get included in the language packs (not so easy though). > >> New time zones names and data are also country-specific. > > > No. Timezone names are not country specific, the timezone database is > managed by some organisation, don't remember the name. Disagree. the TZ logic inside OGo bears several names for the same time-shift as well as DST specific to countries. OK, OK, these specific data are a couple of lines in a one or two files files and can be added in the core. > > >> I thought to have this data as extra package because it will let us >> have a lean "core" OGO and the US-extra will be installed atop on a >> separate download. > > > English.lproj is required as a fallback for almost anything, so this > needs to be included in any case. > all right. >> Contents for these extra packages can be provided and managed by >> community coordinators. > > > Of course. > > Greets, > Helge Regards, -- Olivier Hallot Rio de Janeiro, Brasil http://www.scinergy.com.br Linux User #245166 -- OpenGroupware.org Discussion [email protected] http://mail.opengroupware.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss