Re: [Tails-dev] Tails 0.10 release plan

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Oggetto: Re: [Tails-dev] Tails 0.10 release plan
12/03/2011 11:16 AM, intrigeri:
> Hi,
>
> anonym wrote (30 Nov 2011 13:57:41 GMT) :
>> 11/29/2011 08:06 PM, intrigeri:
>>>>> - feature/more_languages: I don't remember why it was not merged yet
>>>
>>>> Before merging, are there any more languages we should include
>>>> (currently Russian, Farsi and Vietnamese).
>>>
>>> No idea. If these languages are ready to go in, I wonder why other
>>> not-ready-yet languages should prevent this from happening.
>
>> Sorry, what I meant was "before the merge into testing [= freeze]".
>
> Merged into devel, then. This does not prevent us from merging the
> branch again before the freeze if it's improved until then.
>
> About "adding more languages": I don't know how we would pick a few
> more languages among all possible ones. I'd rather see us spend time
> obsoleting this problem (== prepare and release tails-greeter) than
> solving it.


The boot menu part may be obsoleted, but adding the language packages
will not be. Or am I missing anything (geez, I said it again :)).

>> Or did I miss anything?
>
> I think you missed the "who am I talking to" part. That wiki page is
> 5 pages long. It has no TOC. The "Next things to do" section reads
> that single sentence: "Look at what Windows XP, Vista and Seven look
> like and research suitable themes." A few paragraphs later, a "Plan
> for integration" section explains much was done already, and lists
> other things that remain to be done. When the reader arrives at this
> point, s/he has already read three full pages without a chance to
> understand what's the actual thing that's happening and what may need
> to be discussed further. The task is is todo/research state. Well...


The todo/research tag is still applicable to the Windows Vista/7 themes.

> I've personally followed most of the process because you kept me in
> touch over private email; even so, I have to re-read that *entire*
> long wiki page to refresh my memories, including many implementation
> details I don't care about, because there's no other way I can quickly
> get what's the point, what's currently blocking, what may need to be
> discussed. This very mailing-list is being asked to make some sort of
> collective decision about this topic. I think the way it was asked is
> such we can be almost sure nobody but you and I will provide any
> feedback, because the bar is put way too high for others to
> participate. Even I find it painful. These are the reasons why I wrote
> I find it hard to decide anything, see?


I completely reorganized the page in 2fa2ce3, removed some redundant
cruft and set clearer priorities.

Cheers!