On the other hand, it is 1st of April :D On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Jon Kristian Nilsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't have much to say on this, but there are some points in want to > bring forth. > > You guys think that discussing this on a hidden list and making the switch > without anyone knowing it will make the community feel that they are apart > of the archlinux community? > > Personally i've been annoyed by sites using native languages for years, > because in very large cases i found either the project to be interesting or > the site itself, but unreadable! > > "keeping Arch as a primarily English distro is a disservice to our largest > user-base." That just doesn't make any sense, what you guys are doing now, > is locking out all international users, isn't that too a disservice? > > Why didn't you guys create a german site on a german domain? I got that > answer when i asked about possibilities getting a sub-domain for a norwegian > site, it's the exact same thing! > > -JK > > > > On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 11:35 AM, François Charette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Roman Kyrylych a écrit : > > > 2008/4/1, Maik Beckmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >> Am Dienstag 01 April 2008 09:58:12 schrieb waldek: > > >> > > >> > well, he did it. Polish was a bit too extreme so the peaceful > > fraction > > >> > of "old timers" agreed to switch to German instead. > > >> > More is coming... > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> German? Boooring! > > >> > > >> What about one of these > > >> - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_constructed_languages > > > > > > Then I vote for Toki Pona. :-D > > > > > > > > > > Sorry guys, Arch originated in British Columbia, Canada, and as a > > contribution against the massive extinction of languages in this world, > > our distro is going to adopt one of the five Wakashan languages still > > spoken on the Vancouver Island: > > Vote is open to choose any one of these languages as our new official > > Archlingua: > > > > Nuu-chah-nulth/Nootka > > Kwakw'ala/Kwakiutl > > Haisla-Henaksiala > > Heiltsuk-Oowekyala > > Ditidaht/Nitinat > > > > Each of these has ca. 200 active speakers left [*]. Once the vote is > > settled, a dozen speakers of the chosen languages will be hired to > > train our Arch developers. > > > > A linguistic summer camp on Vancouver Island is also planned for next > > summer, so all of us can become proficient in the language. > > > > > > [* Source http://www.fp.ucalgary.ca/howed/abor_lang.htm] > > > > > > > > > > >
