L10n:Localization Process: Difference between revisions

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The decision process (set of questions we go through) that factually happens in this stage is this:
The decision process (set of questions we go through) that factually happens in this stage is this:


1 - Review of the language to better understand historical or social context for that language (Axel/Pascal handle this), if the language is considered contentious^ by for example, linguistic scholars, then we say "no" to the localizer and we should suggest they work to create a language pack^^^ or ship a variant of an existing build.^^  
1 - Review of the language to better understand historical or social context for that language (Axel/Pascal handle this), if the language is considered contentious by for example, linguistic scholars, then we say "no" to the localizer and we should suggest they work to create a language pack^^ or ship a variant of an existing build.^  
*^ e.g., Bavarian, is this a dialect of German or another language
*^ closest examples of this are en-CA and en-ZA
*^^ closest examples of this are en-CA and en-ZA
*^^ we can offer hosting the language pack in CVS/AMO (not shipped.locales), however this is l10n-drivers team contentious and is a conversation that still needs to be addressed, the issue for all language packs is that they break minor updates; we need help from Smedberg (see bug 334136)
*^^^ we can offer hosting the language pack in CVS/AMO (not shipped.locales), however this is l10n-drivers team contentious and is a conversation that still needs to be addressed, the issue for all language packs is that they break minor updates; we need help from Smedberg (see bug 334136)


2 - if yes, check if there is a team that exists that you can join
2 - if yes, check if there is a team that exists that you can join
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