Ludovic Courtès transcribed 4.8K bytes:
> Hello Guix!
>
> What about allowing posts on help-guix in one of the languages that
> regular contributors know, in addition to English?
>
> The alternative would be to create separate language-specific lists, but
> some (rightfully) think there’s a risk of a disconnect with actual
> developers.
>
> Of course it’s hard to tell what a multilingual mailing list will be
> like, but I think it’s worth experimenting (and I don’t expect a
> significant change overnight). If we are to reach out to more people,
> allowing them to use the language they know best is the minimum we can
> do IMO.
>
> WDYT?
>
> To experiment with this on help-guix, I propose the patch below for the
> web site. If you’re a committer, please provide a translation for the
> language(s) you know!
Oh... does this mean the translation function for the website is now in place?
It looks like it is from the patch content, or am I wrong?
On topic: I think it's too much to suggest to include something that indicates
the language of the post in the subject?
> Ludo’.
>
> diff --git a/website/apps/base/data.scm b/website/apps/base/data.scm
> index 0abcc7a..4ccca9a 100644
> --- a/website/apps/base/data.scm
> +++ b/website/apps/base/data.scm
> @@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
> ;;; Data.
> ;;;
>
> -
> (define contact-media
> (list
> ;; The first three will be featured in the home page.
> @@ -30,12 +29,18 @@
> (contact
> #:name "Help Mailing List"
> #:description
> - '(p
> - "Subscribe to the Help mailing list to get support from the
> - GuixSD and GNU Guix community via email. "
> - (a (@ (href "https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015- "))12/msg00584.html
> - "Until December 2015")
> - ", the Guix-devel mailing list filled that role.")
> + `(("en"
> + "Subscribe to the Help mailing list to get support from the GuixSD
> +and GNU Guix community via email. You can post messages in English though we
> +also accept other languages.")
>