Re: Dear Mr./Mrs.

On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 4:38 AM, vadim gavrilov <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I would like to know if i will be able to mirror php.net site as a part of
> the phpfreaks.co.il website for Israel. I read the guidelines and the
> policy, I know that there are already two mirror sites for Israel and it
> clearly said that a third one will not be accepted unless there is a good
> reason. Well i think i have a fair reason. First both sites are general,
> Nither of them focuses on just PHP & related. the website
> phpfreaks.co.ildoes just that, I have already started translating the
> PHP.net manual into
> Hebrew you can check that out in the website under "
> http://www.phpfreaks.co.il/references.html" I have started with Arrays as
> the first category and it's moving a long nicely. I would have cotinued
> doing the translating just in my site, But i think having it done directly
> trough the il.php.net website will be better since more people will be
> exposed. My idea is fairly simple, To try and bring the php.net website in
> Hebrew for the large amount of php developers we have. Splitting the
> documentation away from the official site will be a waste.

    We appreciate your help in advancing the project and helping to
bring PHP to people in your corner of the world, but the guidelines
are in place for a reason on our end, too.  An example of an exception
to the two-mirror rule would be something like extremely high traffic
requiring a third mirror to balance the load.

    However, if you're interested in translating the official
documentation, why not consider becoming an official translator for
the project?  If you're interested, I'd recommend joining the main
documentation mailing list at [email protected].  I'd also speak
with people like Philip Olson and Hannes Magnusson to get some help in
starting the official translation.  After you send a few patches, you
can apply for a CVS account to commit your efforts yourself.

    As for being an unofficial mirror, you're more than welcome to do
that at any time.

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