Re: English communication about fli4l?

Hi Alex,

> for historical reasons, fli4l is a German project. Almost every internal
> and external communication uses the German language, even Tickets are
> written in German. AFAIK the only part, where English is used are commit
> messages and the English translation of the documentation. This is
> rather unusual for a free software project.

Not to mention the englisch translation of the website ;)

> Yes, almost all of the developers are from Germany, but I always felt,
> this should not be carved in stone.
> 
> How is the international view on fli4l? Are there any non-German
> users or even developers? Did someone step back from engagement for the
> project because of this language barrier?
> 
> Should we switch to english for at least all public communication?
> 
> And final question: does anyone read this newsgroup? ;-)

I am sitting around here since I joined the team as a translator for the
english documentation just in case any questions arise, but....

Greetings
Harvey