On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 06:13:44PM +1200, Glynn Foster wrote: > > If the various projects are fine with this, we could have a very small > > translators project. Every translator could be a member of this project, > > so we could have a script to do the necessary sync. We could also hold a > > list of participating projects in ~i18n, or whatever. > > > > However, this still doesn't change the base issue: with xorg (or > > whatever), I'm personally quite uncomfortable every time we grow the > > committers list[0], so I really don't think this is the best situation, > > to be honest. > > > > Again, it's not that I distrust translators specifically, it's just that > > I'm a cynical bastard when it comes to dumping code in something as > > unimportant as, say, X. > > What's wrong with having a single CVS and building up a web of trust > between developers like any other good free software project? This is > where a model like GNOME [and KDE] wins hands down over anything like > sourceforge or java.net - lots of people work on the same code base > [everyone from translators to usability, documentation and > accessibility] and this a huge bonus to creating a relatively cohesive > and tight knit community. Less control, sure, but the potential for > something a lot better. It's something to think about, but that's a very long-term solution, and we have an immediate problem. But yeah, I think an RFC needs to be thrown out there as to the future of fd.o as a cohesive community, rather than a hosting provider that happens to own a couple of projects. :) d -- Daniel Stone <daniel freedesktop org> freedesktop.org: powering your desktop http://www.freedesktop.org
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