Translation
This section covers the news surrounding the Fedora Translation (L10n) Project.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/L10N
Contributing Writer: Runa Bhattacharjee
FLSCo Elections
The mid-term elections for FLSCo is slated to happen sometime during the end of December 2008. Members would be elected to replace three serving members who would be completing their 6 months term. PaulFrields and DimitrisGlezos have called[1] on FLP members to nominate themselves or suitable members[2] to be part of the Steering Committee.
PaulFrields also commended the improved coordination between the Documentation and Translation teams during this release and applauded the efforts made by FLSCo and other members of FLP that has helped bring about this change[8].
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-trans-list/2008-November/msg00139.html
[2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/L10N/SteeringCommittee/Nominations
Fedora-website Translation Repository
The last week of the Fedora Translation cycle saw translation activity for the Fedora Websites[3]. A minor hiccup was averted when RickyZhou alerted the translators about the change in the submission repo for the fedoraproject.org website translations[4].
[3] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-trans-list/2008-November/msg00058.html
[4] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-trans-list/2008-November/msg00126.html
F10 Release Notes Branched
The "f10" branch was created for the Fedora 10 Release Notes and added into translate.fedoraproject.org by DimitrisGlezos[5].
[5] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-trans-list/2008-November/msg00122.html
Fedora 10 Release Announcment in Local Languages
KarstenWade announced that for Fedora 10, the translation/local country teams have the option of writing their own release announcements instead of translating the English version[6].
[6] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-trans-list/2008-November/msg00140.html
Zero-Day version of the F10 Release Notes
All bugs related to F10 Release Notes have been closed by PaulFrields[7] and the Zero-Day version of the .pot file is now available[8]. A final RPM version with the updates would be packaged on Monday.
[7] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-trans-list/2008-November/msg00146.html
[8] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-trans-list/2008-November/msg00152.html
Sponsorship to cvsl10n Group
The discussion related to sponsoring new members to the cvsl10n group continued this week. DimitrisGlezos suggesting elevating the status of all language coordinators to "sponsor"[9]
[9] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-trans-list/2008-November/msg00142.html