Re: Proposal for upcoming NetBeans Edge

Hi Manfred,

Manfred Riem wrote:
> 1. Give us a timetable.

Yes, we really need to get the timeline sorted out.  Rob, let's start
nailing it down as soon as we can.

> 2. Export stories as they come available.

Good plan, and should be easy AFAIK.

> 3. Feature more localized content into the Edge,
>     eg. from JUG's around the world.

Sounds great!  All we need is the content :-)  If I can implement Vincent's
suggestion of a seperate story space for localised content, this could go
there, alternatively added to the editorial (as Vincent did this time) will 
also work.

> 4. Make it easier for us to see the final result of
>     the translation by delivering an XSL stylesheet
>     that shows the result.

Unfortunately this is harder :-/  There is no simple xslt transformation of
the xml, it is a complicated (and very messy) process.  It's code I inherited,
and not easy to work with.  Additionally, I don't think our current setup of
cvs/xml is the best for the translation work, so I don't want to invest more
time into it.  I think we should switch entirely to an online web-based setup,
no cvs, no xml, translate one story at a time, multiple translators can work
simultaneously ... of course that's not ready, and it will take time, but if
you can hold out I really don't want to put more effort into the current (IMO)
dead end setup.

> 5. Link to other Sun published Newsletters, like
>     the Mobility Newsletter.

Also sounds good - pls if you have any specific suggestions, mail URLs to
the list.

Thanks for your suggestions Manfred.

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Jack Catchpoole
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