2018-03-02 17:47 GMT+01:00 ng0 <ng0@n0.is>:

> 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.")
>

("it"
  "Iscrivetevi alla mailing list 'Help' per essere aiutati da altri utenti
di Guix e GuixSD.
Potete scrivere sulla mailing list anche in italiano ")



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