[Bug 367290] Re: doesn't exist
Hassan Ibraheem
hasan.ibraheem at gmail.com
Tue Sep 8 19:51:08 BST 2009
Don't know if you already know this, but Jad's blog (Syntux) was sold with
those words:"The former owner decided to quit programming and advocacy and
we saw the potential of this blog to grow so we arranged for a good deal
with him and now it’s under new management!"
http://syntux.net/blog/2009/08/30/this-blog-has-been-sold/
2009/9/8 Mohamed Farag <farag at asiamail.com>
> I think you should contact Khaled Hosny as he is the translation
> maintainer, and the team owner:
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArabicTranslationTeam/NewTranslator
>
> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-l10n-ar
>
> I know the wiki and the website created a medium that some of us liked more
> than here ... participated, and
> put efforts to build..including me. But now everything is gone.
>
> That's why opensource projects like this has to be group-managed not
> individual-managed, just in case somehing
> like this happened.
>
> Centos - the Redhat Enterprise no-charge distribution - had a similar
> problem recently due to the same reason:
> one-person control of website projects.
>
> Open Letter to Lance Davis
> http://www.centos.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=381
>
> I also see from time to time few projects' sites go forever this way...the
> maintainer no longer renew the domain,
> no other members keep track of this VITAL task, no member goes and renews
> it...the domain finally goes to someone else, with all the work put in it
> deleted!
>
> I hope we all learn and restructure our teams management in a more
> effective way to keep it live and care more
> for our members' time and efforts that go away without price for a small
> arrangement like this!
>
> Another point is that we need to have a code of practice in these
> projects that the webmaster "has to" make available the website backup
> to at least one or two contactable members of the team, by uploading it
> every week or even every month on an accessible FTP account for them, or
> any similar solution, for emergencies like this, otherwise, there is no
> benefit from putting group efforts on a non-backed up system !!.
>
> --
> doesn't exist
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/367290
> You received this bug notification because you are a member of اوبونتو
> العربي, which is the registrant for Ubuntu-Arabic.org website.
>
> Status in موقع اوبونتو العربي: New
>
> Bug description:
> I am now subscribed to this blueprint :
> https://blueprints.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu-arabic-website/+spec/arabic-translation-guidebut I can't find :
> http://wiki.ubuntu-arabic.org/index.php?title=%D8%AF%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A_%D9%84%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%85
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Hassan Ibraheem
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