On 5/11/07, Thomas Bächler <thomas@archlinux.org> wrote:
Aaron Griffin schrieb:
This is a note for the developers. If you haven't seen the busy thread on the general list regarding package cleanup, this wiki page should cover everything:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Package_Cleanup
Before the end of the weekend, I'm going to move most of these packages based on what is there. There are a few that are questionable, however, so please voice you opinions if you don't want things touched.
- I don't know why we would move i18n stuff out of extra. The "default is english, would take a lot of load away" seems arrogant, at best.
The issue here is shifting the maintenance away from the devs to a set of TUs, not dropping i18n support from Arch Linux. Let me point out a few pros and cons. Pros: 1. More maintainers = more testing and frequent updates. Instead of only allowing devs to update the localizations, we allow TUs to do this as well. Devs should have no problem still doing this as well- they should be able to update anything in community if necessary. 2. It separates the building tasks (package and l10n), allowing the developer to focus more on the package and others on the localizations. This would hopefully encourage developers to do better testing. 3. ? Cons: 1. People may frown a bit upon 'community' taking a more official role, although I think this perception should be changed. 2. ? Fill in the blanks if you got reasons. -Dan