Christian Perrier wrote: > Quoting Lior Kaplan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > >>Package: apt >>Version: 0.5.28.6 >>Severity: wishlist >>Tags: l10n >> >>I'd like to remove apt's Hebrew translations. The reason is that >>there is no RTL support in the console, so people with Hebrew locale >>just see the messages in reverse order (for Hebrew text hello is seen as >>olleh). >> >>Because of that, the translation is small - 81 strings. > > > > As I already mentioned to Lior in a private message, I think that the > Hebrew translations should be kept: > > -first, there may be some RTL console system in the future (have you > once tried bicon from the Arabeyes people...it's not packaged but > should be easy to compile) > > -second, if APT (or dpkg, or aptitude...) is used in a RTL-aware > terminal in X, the display should be correct. If it is not, the bug > should be fixed.... > > Better support for RTL languages is one of the keeys of a good > i18n. We just shouldn't give up translations because programs are > flawed...
I don't (D-I is a proof of concept). But for now, the translations do more harm to people than good. So I prefer to remove them. When I'll have better support, I'll be the first to start it over. Users with X can use synaptic which already have Hebrew translation. Other just get a mixed test with English & left aligned revered Hebrew (meaning: two problems). -- Regards, Lior Kaplan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.Guides.co.il Debian GNU/Linux unstable (SID) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
