Fw: [Indlinux-hindi] new in DNA on Firefox 3 release
Rajesh Ranjan
Forwarding the mail that started among most important and largest localization group. It is becoming really very difficult for me to answer all the questions. They all helped me to get the review done on very large scale. Even other languages contributors are unable in clarifying about not being released with ff3.
The news started a big debate in Indian localization group. Only thing that will help that we should try to release at least all languages that are in incubator asap.
Regards,
Rajesh
----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Ravikant <ravi...@sarai.net>
To: indlinu...@lists.sourceforge.net
Cc: "Indian Linux group , " <indlinu...@lists.sourceforge.net>; Rajesh Ranjan <rajes...@yahoo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 5:23:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Indlinux-hindi] new in DNA on Firefox 3 release
Dear Rajesh and the List,
I am deeply disappointed at Hindi and other Indic languagers like Bengali not
making the cut for firefox 3. We have long believed that Firefox is one of
the best things to have happened to Indic language users, and packages like
padma have made it even even more attractive. That is why we have contributed
to its localisation. So to find out that we are still not there makes me sad.
I did follow this thread:
http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.l10n/browse_thread/thread/a805fcb4bcb4b626#
But it still does not give me a clear answer as to when would we have it on
Firefox 3? Why can't we get it in the very next release. As a layperson and
as somebody who has been, institutionally and personally, involved in its
review process, I want things to move forward and as quickly as they can.
Otherwise I am sorry to say that my advocacy for firefox in future will sound
hollow in my own eyes.
Do let me know if I have missed something. Till then I remain
sad but hopeful
cheers
ravikant
मंगलवार 24 जून 2008 16:34 को, Rajesh Ranjan ने लिखा था:
> I am really sorry that Hindi is unable to make the cut !!!
>
> I and several other langs were working on ff 2.x.
>
> http://l10n.mozilla.org/~buildslave/incubator/
>
> I released Hindi at incubator level long before. And also Hindi community
> did review of FF also at Sarai.
>
> It was a plan to release for 2 (from trunk) first, so I was not said to
> work for 3 and so it finally failed for 3. And also it is still not
> officially released for ff2.x as well.
>
>
> regards,
>
> Rajesh
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: G Karunakar <indl...@gmail.com>
> To: "Indian Linux group ," <indlinu...@lists.sourceforge.net>; List for
> Hindi Localization <indlinu...@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Tuesday,
> June 24, 2008 2:00:34 PM
> Subject: [Indlinux-hindi] new in DNA on Firefox 3 release
>
> Need to look into packaging of Hindi l10n for firefox.. though
> available as langpacks in some distros, its not available on official
> firefox releases!
>
> http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1172857
>
> Mozilla Firefox, now in Gujarati and Punjabi
> Dhananjay Khadilkar
> Sunday, June 22, 2008 22:41 IST
>
> Firefox 3 was released in 46 languages. However, Hindi was unable to
> make the cut
>
> Gujarati and Punjabi have become India's representative languages on
> the internet. At least, that's what one can conclude after the release
> of Mozilla's latest upgrade of its popular browser.
>
> Firefox 3, an open-source browser, is a competitor to Microsoft's
> Internet Explorer and Apple's Safari. It was released on Tuesday in 46
> languages.
> However, the absence of Hindi as one of the languages is most
> surprising considering that Gujarati and Punjabi have made the cut.
>
> The release in different languages is the latest weapon used by
> Mozilla in its fight against Microsoft's Internet Explorer, by far the
> most popular browser. However, if Firefox 3's downloads is anything to
> go by, Microsoft can't afford to rest on its laurels. Within four days
> of its release, a staggering 14 million downloads of Firefox 3 were
> registered.
>
> There have been a phenomenal 6000 add-ons (tools for customising the
> browser) and 2000 more add-ons on the cards.
>
> Speaking about the absence of Hindi, and more surprisingly the
> presence of Gujarati and Punjabi versions, Chris Hofmann, a Mozilla
> spokesperson said that there were no selection criteria for the
> languages for Firefox. "All of our localisation efforts are purely
> volunteer-driven. Volunteer translate the software into their native
> languages," Hoffman said.
>
> It's not that Mozilla hasn't given Hindi a chance. In fact, if you
> visit the addons.mozilla.org website, you will find language packs for
> Hindi and Tamil. However, these packs need to be developed by
> 'motivated' individuals into the respective Firefox languages.
>
> "They (Gujarati and Punjabi) were not given any preference. As a free
> software project, anyone can access our source code and localize it in
> the language they choose. We have active community members working on
> Hindi and Tamil. They are not officially shipped as a version of
> Firefox yet, but these volunteers are working hard to get their
> translations ready for distribution."
>
> As far as Marathi is concerned, it doesn't even have any language
> packs. "A group of volunteers are working on developing Marathi
> tools," Hoffman added.
>
> Mozilla though admits that compared to other regions, its growth has
> lagged in India.
> However, Mozilla wants it to change. "We will work as much as possible
> with our Indian community members to make sure all of their needs are
> met as they prepare their translations for inclusion in our official
> release process. We are also actively reaching out to recruit people
> to work on localisations for Indian users," Hoffman said.
>
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