Re-imagining

[Darcy Casselman]

Translation teams forked from LoCos a while ago.

https://translations.launchpad.net/+groups/ubuntu-translators

I mean, sure, there's plenty of overlap, but translation isn't the raison
d'être of LoCos that they used to be.

There's probably a bit of a role for LoCos testing regional-specific stuff
like weather services or providing content services like for things like
Rhythmbox or the Unity video or shopping lenses.  But I don't think
anyone's actually doing that.

Darcy.


On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 9:24 AM, Ralph Janke <txwikinger at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 08, 2013 at 05:48:12PM -0400, Darcy Casselman wrote:
> > All Ubuntu Canada is, really, is a bunch of online resources.
> > Lower-traffic social and support channels.  That's about it.
> >
>
> It also need to be pointed out that LoCos in a lot of places have taken
> responsibility
> for the local language. In the Canadian case this is irrelevant since our
> channels
> are all English which is the general language in the worldwide community.
> However,
> in Europe, where often languages are restricted to one country (or maybe a
> couple)
> this creates a far different requirement for translation and also support
> in the
> native language, while in our case people just go to the world-wide
> available fora.
>
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Kip Warner <kip at thevertigo.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Sun, Apr 07, 2013 at 12:39:00PM -0700, Randall Ross wrote:
> > > > Ubuntu is not a national construct. It has nothing to do with our
> flag.
> > > > It does not care if your government is in Ottawa or in Tripoli or in
> > > Taipei.
> > >
> > > I completely agree. Nationalism is abstract and divisive. The idea of
> > > marrying the LoCo with nationalism is anachronistic. Whether it was
> called
> > > Petrograd, Leningrad, or Saint Petersburg, the city is still there. The
> > > Soviet Union, like all nations, come and go, but cities stand the test
> of
> > > time better because the people in them are real and exist beyond
> abstract
> > > identifiers. If a LoCo is to survive, it needs to move past the
> > > anachronisms. Randall is right. LoCos at the city level make far more
> > > sense. Moreover, for those who do not live near a large city, there is
> > > nothing to stop someone from creating a LoCo catch-all for minorities
> in
> > > rural areas in a given locality.
> > >
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> > > http://www.thevertigo.com
> > >
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