[Localization] Localization update

[Samuel Klein]

OLPC is handling of downstream localization through Fedora's managemnet 
system.  There's a Summer of code student working on this; to improve 
interfaces across the project.
   http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activity_Translations

Please update and comment on that page, and update your activities 
accordingly.

1. Marco and Blizzard at RedHat is tracking how this is progressing In a 
week or so I hear from J5 there will be automated incorporation of newly 
posted translations that are filed in olpc's trac -- marco, can you 
describe how this will work?  What kinds of statistics will we have of 
l10n completion?

2. Noah noted earlier that cmlenz has been working on a Babel Python 
library for localization; Christopher, can you write a bit on the olpc 
wiki about how to use this in coordination with the other parts of our 
l10n process?
    http://www.cmlenz.net/blog/2007/06/announcing_babe.html

3. We should have a regular l10n discussion or review; we had a short irc 
meeting a few days ago, and discussed having another one early next week.
(at first we talked about Sunday afternoon, but most people can't make it 
then).  Would Tuesday afternoon/evening EST work?  These could be 10-15min 
meetings.
    We just need regular l10n reviews of activities, so that we can fill in 
the "l10n" column on the [[activities]] page on the olpc wiki with 
something like a status update.  Not only % completion of translating a 
pot file, but success of scoping l10n needs -- textual, image-related, and 
otherwise -- for the activity and our target audiences.


Cheers,
   SJ

PS - l10n is about accessibility.  We need something similar for 
accessibility in general, other than language-based accessibility --
but that's a topic for another email thread, and perhaps another list.  Is 
there a fedora accessibility list we could mine for input about what is 
most important and how we could get regular feedback for new activities 
and builds?