Re: [RFC] Octave and internationalization

[Sergei Steshenko]

----- Original Message -----
> From: Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <address@hidden>
> To: Alan W. Irwin <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
> Sent: Thursday, April 3, 2014 5:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [RFC] Octave and internationalization
> 
> On Wed, 2014-04-02 at 16:29 -0700, Alan W. Irwin wrote:
>>  On 2014-04-02 17:24-0400 Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote:
>> 
>>  > On Wed, 2014-04-02 at 09:32 -0700, Alan W. Irwin wrote:
>>  >
>>  >> I am not an Octave developer so I don't want to get involved 
> with
>>  >> that wiki,
>>  >
>>  > That wiki is editable by everyone. If we wanted to make it only for
>>  > Octave developers, we'd password-protect it or something. Just 
> edit
>>  > the wiki.
>> 
>>  Understood, but this is a special case. How Octave developers approach
>>  internationalization is their decision.
> 
> It is everyone's decision. There isn't a secret cabal that makes
> decisions. Whoever writes the code is the one who makes the decision.
> That's how everything works around here.

Utter nonsense.

It doesn't work this way anywhere.

If several people implement parts of common goal, interfaces have to be defined 
first - be it code or HW. In HW M4 nut won't hold on M3 screw, and M4 screw 
won't fit M3 nut.

All this is the bazaar concept propaganda, and no more than that.

> 
>>  As an outsider to Octave development
> 
> You are only an outsider if you choose to make yourself one.

_Exactly_ because of the (bazaar concept) propaganda it's better to be an 
outsider. If you still don't get it, face the _facts_: "GCC steering committee" 
- http://gcc.gnu.org/steering.html .

Jordi, IMO you _personally_ are the most effective Octave project underminer.


>If you
> think you know how i18n should be done and we have no idea how to do
> it (and we probably don't), tell us about it. And edit the wiki. It's
> not a super-secret developers-only wiki. Instead of putting your
> thoughts in this mailing list, put them in the wiki. They're much more
> useful for posterity there.
> 
> - Jordi G. H.
> 
> 

--Sergei.