It's a way to bring local Ubuntu users together, w/c I think it's a good thing<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/30/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jan Claeys</b> <<a href="mailto:lists@janc.be">lists@janc.be</a>
> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Op za, 29-04-2006 te 13:45 +0800, schreef Joel Bryan T. Juliano:<br>> * The user's automated buddy list also improve, the localized channels
<br>> are now added, and #ubuntu and #ubuntu-<locale> have a group called<br>> "Auto-join Default".<br><br>I and at least three other people told you on the wiki page that this is<br>*not* a good idea...
<br><br>> I don't think #ubuntu-<country code> is the right way to go for<br>> localisation. For example, #ubuntu-be is not a support channel;<br>> support for Dutch, French & German speaking people in Belgium is in
<br>> #ubuntu-nl, #ubuntu-fr & #ubuntu-de respectively, while the Belgian<br>> channel is for the coordination of Ubuntu-related activities in<br>> Belgium. --JanClaeys<br><br>> The same goes for Switzerland. The support channels should be
<br>> organized by language, not nationality nor location. --TormodVolden<br><br>> JeromeGotangco: We don't have a graphical IRC client on the default<br>> install with the exception of GAIM, hence the specification. There is
<br>> also irssi, but that is terminal-driven. +1 with JanClaeys on the<br>> country code issue. We could still consider the country code, but<br>> perhaps for locoteam concerns rather than support? Some of the codes
<br>> are not even active, so might as well trim it, for exaple, -kr doesn't<br>> exist for korea - its actually -ko :)<br><br>> [who wrote this?] Additionally, I've asked the people on the spanish<br>> channel for their opinion and some of them have told me that it's not
<br>> a support channel and that they are concerned that people will enter<br>> the channel without even taking a look at the guide, expecting to get<br>> a satifactory answer as soon as they ask and some might even complain
<br>> if they don't get it.<br><br><br>I also gave a possible solution:<br><br>> I think the best way to do l10n would be to have a gettext<br>> "translateable" string that contains one or more channels to show
<br>> (e.g. CSV-formatted or something similar). That way local teams can<br>> decide for themselves how to organize their channels... --JanClaeys<br><br><br>Looking at the descriptions on the wiki page and in this changelog, it
<br>seems like people in search for support will still be dropped in<br>non-support channels? Sorry, but this is just plain counter-productive<br>and it will also give a bad impression when people get dropped into the<br>
wrong channel...<br><br><br>--<br>Jan Claeys<br><br><br>--<br>ubuntu-devel mailing list<br><a href="mailto:ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel">
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