<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Translation teams forked from LoCos a while ago. <br><br><a href="https://translations.launchpad.net/+groups/ubuntu-translators">https://translations.launchpad.net/+groups/ubuntu-translators</a><br>
<br></div>I mean, sure, there's plenty of overlap, but translation isn't the raison d'être of LoCos that they used to be.<br><br></div>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.<br>
<br>Darcy.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 9:24 AM, Ralph Janke <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:txwikinger@ubuntu.com" target="_blank">txwikinger@ubuntu.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On Mon, Apr 08, 2013 at 05:48:12PM -0400, Darcy Casselman wrote:<br>
> All Ubuntu Canada is, really, is a bunch of online resources.<br>
> Lower-traffic social and support channels. That's about it.<br>
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</div>It also need to be pointed out that LoCos in a lot of places have taken responsibility<br>
for the local language. In the Canadian case this is irrelevant since our channels<br>
are all English which is the general language in the worldwide community. However,<br>
in Europe, where often languages are restricted to one country (or maybe a couple)<br>
this creates a far different requirement for translation and also support in the<br>
native language, while in our case people just go to the world-wide available fora.<br>
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> On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Kip Warner <<a href="mailto:kip@thevertigo.com">kip@thevertigo.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> > On Sun, Apr 07, 2013 at 12:39:00PM -0700, Randall Ross wrote:<br>
> > > Ubuntu is not a national construct. It has nothing to do with our flag.<br>
> > > It does not care if your government is in Ottawa or in Tripoli or in<br>
> > Taipei.<br>
> ><br>
> > I completely agree. Nationalism is abstract and divisive. The idea of<br>
> > marrying the LoCo with nationalism is anachronistic. Whether it was called<br>
> > Petrograd, Leningrad, or Saint Petersburg, the city is still there. The<br>
> > Soviet Union, like all nations, come and go, but cities stand the test of<br>
> > time better because the people in them are real and exist beyond abstract<br>
> > identifiers. If a LoCo is to survive, it needs to move past the<br>
> > anachronisms. Randall is right. LoCos at the city level make far more<br>
> > sense. Moreover, for those who do not live near a large city, there is<br>
> > nothing to stop someone from creating a LoCo catch-all for minorities in<br>
> > rural areas in a given locality.<br>
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