Re: UK version of 3.3

Stefan Taxhet (sonews) wrote:
> On 02.02.2011 16:25, Louis Suárez-Potts wrote:
>> On 2011-02-02, at 10:19 , Stefan Taxhet (sonews) wrote:
>>> On 02.02.2011 15:17, Marcus Lange wrote:

Hi Stefan,

>>>> the release of a language is ready when the tester(s) has/have approved
>>>> their builds. Only then I can put them on the mirrors. Up to know I can
>>>> see many builds listed on QATrack
>>>> (http://qatrack.ooodev.org/view_status.php?version=3.3.0rc10&language[]=en-GB&available=&uri=&view=detailed) 
>>>>
>>>> and some are in "In QA" status. So, I think we need to be a bit more
>>>> patient.
>>>
>>> But can we avoid that en-GB users are sent to a 404 page and either 
>>> provide the en-US installation sets (in this case) or redirect to the 
>>> appropriate NLC page or redirect to other.html?
>>
>> Sending to the US page is not the best solution.
> My proposal is to let the download button default to the en-US version 
> for users with an en-GB browser setting. I guess this would satisfy the 
> needs until en-GB is ready.

AFAIK there is no mechanism to give the users a different language build 
than selected.

>> Sending to the RC10 seems better,
> That would not be my favorite choice. As Marcus explained the RCs are 
> not approved yet. That's why I thought the other.html might be better as 
> it gives the choice to pick 3.2.1 or follow the link to the RC.
> 
>> or sending to the NLC.
> Yes, for languages that have a NLC project with a proper download page. 
> I'm not aware of one for en-GB.

Compared with other languages it would be "http://en-GB.openoffice.org" 
but this doesn't exist. So, the "other.html" should be best for the moment.

Best regards

Marcus