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[opensuse-doc] [LfL] My Texts
by Rebecca Walter 27 Jul '07

27 Jul '07

I am leaving the company and will be unable to continue maintaining my texts. Please consider these texts donated to the project. Those of you who are active with LfL may maintain, modify, or remove any work of mine as you see fit. My only request is that you remove my name as soon as you make changes. I really hope that the LfL project will be successful. It is unfortunate that my personal situation for the near future prevents me from continuing to contribute to the project in my free time. It does not prevent me from wishing all of you the best. Sincerely, Rebecca Walter --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-doc+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-doc+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-doc] [STYLE] No Longer Maintainer
by Rebecca Walter 27 Jul '07

27 Jul '07

Because I am soon leaving the company (on friendly terms), I am no longer maintainer of the style project. I do not know any details of the future of this project at the present time. I hope management will provide details once it has had the opportunity to consider the options and make plans. Maintaining the style guide is a big responsibility, so finding a replacement may take some time and they may need to consider other alternatives. Please be patient with management if some time passes before they are able to provide any information. I have enjoyed working with all of you. I appreciate your input in this project and your support. Sincerely, Rebecca Walter --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-doc+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-doc+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-doc] Lesseons for Lizards authoring deadline
by Frank Sundermeyer 24 Jul '07

24 Jul '07

Dear Lessons for Lizards contributors, with the upcoming openSUSE 10.3, Lessons for Lizards will be part of an openSUSE distribution for the first time. Therefore LfL will be made available to all openSUSE users by default. In order to deliver the best LfL version possible, we ask you to finalize, proof, polish,... your writings for Lfl until September 10th, 2007 Changes made after this date will not be part of the LfL package shipped with openSUSE 10.3. Thanks for all your valuable contributions to LfL! -- Regards Frank Frank Sundermeyer, Technical Writer, Documentation SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, D-90409 Nuernberg Tel: +49-911-74053-0, Fax: +49-911-7417755; http://www.opensuse.org/ SUSE Linux Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg) "Reality is always controlled by the people who are most insane" Dogbert --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-doc+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-doc+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-doc] Lessons for Lizards and openSUSE 10.3 beta cycle
by Alexey Eremenko 23 Jul '07

23 Jul '07

hi all ! As the beta area nears, with Beta 1 I won't add any new material to the LfL anymore, until SUSE 11.x cycle starts. Current status: LfL has many incomplete articles, and I would like to discuss about the possibility of "disabling" them - that is the source code will remain as-is, but those articles should become invisible from the main "index" page. (actually remove links to the problematic articles in main index XML file) I'm speaking about articles that are in pre-alpha stage, very incomplete, and cannot serve users, not about articles that are almost good. -- -Alexey Eremenko "Technologov" --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-doc+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-doc+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: Rép. : Re: [opensuse-fr] Re: [opensuse-doc] How to name that thing? Repository/installation source/Catalog...
by jdd 23 Jul '07

23 Jul '07

Marlyse Eyike wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > To close off this issue - for French anyway - we have agreed to use > "dépôt". ack - french wiki edited accordingly jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://gourmandises.orangeblog.fr/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-doc+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-doc+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse-doc] How to name that thing? Repository/installation source/Catalog...
by Anne Mc Cluskey 19 Jul '07

19 Jul '07

JDD - are you familiar with iTerm yet (Novell's online glossary tool)? Please contact Arturo Aguilar, Marlyse Eyike or I directly if you need any guidance on that - we're happy to get you and any other volunteers started there. Many thanks Anne Anne McCluskey, Language/Corporate Localization Manager +353 1 605 8142 / +353 87 221 4456 Novell, Inc. SUSE* Linux Enterprise 10 Your Linux is ready http://www.novell.com/linux >>> Arturo Aguilar 06/07/2007 12:25 >>> Sorry for cut in here... but I would like to clarify that in most languages the translation for the term 'repository' within the context of software has approved translation since a long time... this term is not new to the industry nor exclusive to opensuse... so we should maintain what the industry is using in each language. A repository in the computing environment is understood as a storage house for data.... and some languages will have a direct translation, like for e.g. Spanish where the translation is 'repositorio' and other languages may have a different.. but I am sure all languages will have one as this term is an old concept already. That said, I do understand JDD's comment, that sometimes this term used in other context mean exactly what he is referring to... but in this case, translators needs to confirm what is the most widely approved translation for it in their locales. So, please, do not leave in English unnecessarily. Thanks, arturo >>> Andreas Jaeger <aj(a)suse.de> 07/04/07 1:25 P.M. >>> jdd <jdd(a)dodin.org> writes: > Andreas Jaeger wrote: > >> The decision was to use "repository". Other names considered where >> "installation source" and "catalog". > > could you also ask your translation team to give the official translation. > > At least in french, repository is not easy to translate. The very same > word exists but is completely obsolete (repositoire - meaning the > place where you store dead human corpse to family last visit :-()). > > http://fr.opensuse.org/Glossaire_d'équivalences_entre_l'anglais_et_le_français > > the best word seems to be "dépôt", but "Réserve" may be > better. Package repository gives "Réserve de paquetages", "Dépôt de > paquetages" (paquetage is very odd in french, but most used anyway) Karl, could you talk with our translation teams, please? It might make sense to leave it untranslated - but that seems to be bad for french:-( Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, Director Platform / openSUSE, aj(a)suse.de SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-doc+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-doc+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse-doc] How to name that thing? Repository/installation source/Catalog...
by Arturo Aguilar 06 Jul '07

06 Jul '07

Sorry for cut in here... but I would like to clarify that in most languages the translation for the term 'repository' within the context of software has approved translation since a long time... this term is not new to the industry nor exclusive to opensuse... so we should maintain what the industry is using in each language. A repository in the computing environment is understood as a storage house for data.... and some languages will have a direct translation, like for e.g. Spanish where the translation is 'repositorio' and other languages may have a different.. but I am sure all languages will have one as this term is an old concept already. That said, I do understand JDD's comment, that sometimes this term used in other context mean exactly what he is referring to... but in this case, translators needs to confirm what is the most widely approved translation for it in their locales. So, please, do not leave in English unnecessarily. Thanks, arturo >>> Andreas Jaeger <aj(a)suse.de> 07/04/07 1:25 P.M. >>> jdd <jdd(a)dodin.org> writes: > Andreas Jaeger wrote: > >> The decision was to use "repository". Other names considered where >> "installation source" and "catalog". > > could you also ask your translation team to give the official translation. > > At least in french, repository is not easy to translate. The very same > word exists but is completely obsolete (repositoire - meaning the > place where you store dead human corpse to family last visit :-()). > > http://fr.opensuse.org/Glossaire_d'équivalences_entre_l'anglais_et_le_français > > the best word seems to be "dépôt", but "Réserve" may be > better. Package repository gives "Réserve de paquetages", "Dépôt de > paquetages" (paquetage is very odd in french, but most used anyway) Karl, could you talk with our translation teams, please? It might make sense to leave it untranslated - but that seems to be bad for french:-( Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, Director Platform / openSUSE, aj(a)suse.de SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-doc+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-doc+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-doc] Lfl Query
by Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) 04 Jul '07

04 Jul '07

Hi, I have decided to learn more about openSUSE including compiling from source, which files to edit to change certain settings and configurations etc. Would the Lfl be the right place to start? I have downloaded the lessons4lizards-fop.pdf file and wonder if this is the right file and if there is a mailing list that could inform me of updates or a new file that has been uploaded? Is there a file for Lfl, like a free on-line book, about how openSUSE works Regards Hylton --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-doc+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-doc+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-doc] How to name that thing? Repository/installation source/Catalog...
by Andreas Jaeger 04 Jul '07

04 Jul '07

The discussions on the various mailing lists on how to name "that thing" have culminated in a face to face discussion in Prague yesterday where the systems management stakeholder took the input from the community and the usages in current openSUSE and Novell products in consideration. The goal was to have one technical term that we can use use in a consistent way in future new openSUSE and SUSE Linux Enterprise release - in software, documents, wiki etc. The decision was to use "repository". Other names considered where "installation source" and "catalog". So, yes we now have a management decision ;-) to name it "repository". I'm asking now the developers and documentation guys to change their texts and use it in new texts. On the other hand I ask everybody to give them some time and not file bug reports against documentation and software that uses the old names in openSUSE 10.3. Let's make it perfect for the release after - unless the teams can easily do this and tell us "file bugs" ;-) Regards, Andreas P.S. Reply-To to opensuse-doc(a)opensuse.org is set for any discussions. -- Andreas Jaeger, Director Platform / openSUSE, aj(a)suse.de SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126

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[opensuse-doc] Drupal?
by Clayton 21 Jun '07

21 Jun '07

I've been poking around in Wikis, looking for a way to simplify doc collaboration... Wikis always seem to fall short (as we've discussed here)... lacking structure and so on. I started looking into Drupal this morning as a possible alternative to Wikis. At first glance, it would appear to have some of the functionality missing in Wikis, while still maintaining a relatively low entry barrier for contributors. Has anyone here tried out or invesitgated Drupal for documentation? C. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-doc+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-doc+help(a)opensuse.org

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