Re: [native-lang] Position of Native-Lang and other non-coding parts of the communty [was: New template project]

On 03/12/2006, at 11:30 AM, Bernhard Dippold wrote (in conclusion):

> I don't want OpenOffice.org to be divided in subprojects where  
> nobody feels to be part of the whole but only of it's *own*  
> project. Many community members are part of several projects and  
> subscribed to a lot of lists. If we all work on interaction between  
> projects and idividuals this will improve communication - and  
> depending on the reaction of the addressed we'll be able to  
> distinguish between inattentiveness and intentional ignorance.

This is my first OOo release, so I can't speak with much experience  
of this project. However, I do have a good deal of experience in  
other free-software i18n projects, and I do notice the differences  
between them and this project.

Communication with localizers is definitely one of the key  
differences. All my other projects have a very open pipe with i18n.

I've been surprised not to see frequent mails on this or the dev@l10n  
list, requesting translations of modules, webpages, documentation,  
wiki pages, release notes etc. I don't see the requests for feedback  
on fonts, input code etc., except today's mail about the OFL. I have  
seen little or no discussion of l10n bugs and the continual effort to  
fix them.

I know there's a lot of effort going on in each project, but we don't  
seem to be talking to each other very much. And the rest of the  
project is like another world, unless you're on lists for other parts  
of OOo. Even then, there's a very fragged feel about the overall  
project.

There's probably a lot of politics and history behind our situation  
today. I don't know about it, and I don't know if we really have to  
know about it. All we have to do is build something _now_, that  
works. And communication holds it all together.

from Clytie (vi-VN, Vietnamese free-software translation team / nhóm  
Việt hóa phần mềm tự do)
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/vi-VN