Re: Enabling more locales for Fenix

Thanks Delphine for the explanation - Mozilla's still my favourite 
technology organization! :-)

Ar 10/07/2019 22:39, ysgrifennodd Delphine L:
> @Стоян: In your specific case, I will gladly "bypass" the current process
> and add the locale for you.
>
> Concerning the in-app locale switcher: please let's all assume good
> intentions here.
> The Fenix dev team is a very small team, and have a lot of features to
> implement and deal with.
> A language switcher is planned for sure, and it should be in the works
> during Q3. This discussion is happening around android-components, that way
> we can build upon it for our future products - and in the future this means
> an in-app locale switcher can be implemented from the start (or at least,
> much earlier on).
> Our team (l10n-drivers) has always been very vocal and has advocated for
> this in-app switcher right the moment that a Product team comes to us with
> an Android request.
> At the end of the day however, Product team is the decision-maker - not
> l10n-drivers. We can advise and push for this - which is what we've always
> done - but that's pretty much it.
> In any case, once this is part of android-components, this should solve the
> current problem going forward.
>
> thanks for your patience and understanding,
> Delphine
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 4:12 AM Michael Bauer <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I know re the switcher, I'm facepalming like I'm a flag in a force 7
>> these days but re Android I'm getting conflicting reports to be honest,
>> it seems to depend (still) very much on the manufacturer, not so much
>> the version of Android. Should work on my LineageOS device either way.
>> But thanks for headsup.
>>
>> Michael
>>
>> Sgrìobh Rhoslyn Prys na leanas 10/07/2019 aig 12:04:
>>> Hey Michael, did you read this:
>>>
>>> Fenix localization
>>> Please only request that your locale be added if you are 100% sure it
>>> is supported on a recent Android device. Thank you.
>>>
>>> Are you getting a bit ahead of yourself here? No Welsh or Gaelic
>>> (Scotland) on Oreo.
>>> Get to the back of the queue and wait for the language switcher!
>>> But they knew they'd need a language switcher, from the off...
>>> Oh...
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