[arch-general] [English] New Distro - Can't Read German

[Jon Kristian Nilsen]

On the other hand, it is 1st of April :D

On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Jon Kristian Nilsen <jokr.nilsen at gmail.com>
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 <firmicus at ankabut.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Roman Kyrylych a écrit :
> > > 2008/4/1, Maik Beckmann <beckmann.maik at googlemail.com>:
> > >> 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]
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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