<div dir="ltr"><div><div><h2><span style="font-weight:normal"><font size="2">FYI on 2017-06-20 MOTION 2017-11 has failed: <br></font></span></h2><dl><dt>Proposed by Laura Vargas, seconded by Samson Goddy <a rel="nofollow" class="m_-6799473436609444387external m_-6799473436609444387gmail-autonumber" href="https://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2017-June/019872.html" target="_blank">[1]</a></dt><dd><br></dd><dd> "Sugar Labs will allocate a budget (To Be Defined) for "professional
services" required to create a fitable image for Samson's and Ibiam's
young XO partners in Africa. Sugar Labs will make an open call to the
mailing list to find one or more professional to do it."<br></dd></dl>
<p>(2 in favor, 5 abstain).</p>I updated the wiki [1].<br></div></div><div><br>Regards and blessings,<br>Laura V<br></div><div><div><div><br>[1] <a href="https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Decisions" target="_blank">https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/<wbr>Oversight_Board/Decisions</a><br><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2017-06-14 14:26 GMT-05:00 Chris Leonard <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cjlhomeaddress@gmail.com" target="_blank">cjlhomeaddress@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Let me know how many plural forms (nplurals) and how they are applied<br>
(plural equation) and I'll set up a project for Efik (lang-efi) in<br>
Pootle. We'll need to develop a glibc locale file before deploying,<br>
but that is not overly challenging.<br>
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<a href="http://docs.translatehouse.org/projects/localization-guide/en/latest/l10n/pluralforms.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://docs.translatehouse.org<wbr>/projects/localization-guide/<wbr>en/latest/l10n/pluralforms.<wbr>html</a><br>
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cjl<br>
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On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 3:11 PM, Chihurumnaya Ibiam<br>
<<a href="mailto:ibiamchihurumnaya@gmail.com" target="_blank">ibiamchihurumnaya@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I think we can also work on Efik, because from what i know that's where<br>
> there's a high number of XO's still in use in schools -- i think over a<br>
> thousand --, so it can also be included in the build.<br>
><br>
> Ibiam Chihurumnaya<br>
><br>
> On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 11:16 PM, Laura Vargas <<a href="mailto:laura@somosazucar.org" target="_blank">laura@somosazucar.org</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> 2017-06-13 15:13 GMT-05:00 Walter Bender <<a href="mailto:walter.bender@gmail.com" target="_blank">walter.bender@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 4:10 PM, Samson Goddy <<a href="mailto:samsongoddy@sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">samsongoddy@sugarlabs.org</a>><br>
>>> wrote:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> But is it okay if we have both build for Sugar on Stick and XO? Laura?<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> I do hope there is someone interested on releasing a SOAS build that<br>
>> includes all translations available for Sugar.<br>
>><br>
>> Still, this is out of the scope of this motion.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> No reason why not, now that CJL confirms that the appropriate strings are<br>
>>> in place.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> (Not sure why we need a motion for it.)<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> If SLOBs does not make this decision, Nigerian learners won't have access<br>
>> to an updated XO build that includes Igbo and Yoruba translations.<br>
>><br>
>> Now that the motion has been seconded by Samson, SLOBS can start voting.<br>
>><br>
>> My vote is +1.<br>
>><br>
>> Regards and blessings,<br>
>><br>
>> Laura V<br>
>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Samson G<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> On Jun 13, 2017 3:06 PM, "Chris Leonard" <<a href="mailto:cjlhomeaddress@gmail.com" target="_blank">cjlhomeaddress@gmail.com</a>><br>
>>>> wrote:<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 9:02 AM, David Ally <<a href="mailto:david_ally@yahoo.com" target="_blank">david_ally@yahoo.com</a>><br>
>>>>> wrote:<br>
>>>>> > Dear All,<br>
>>>>> > I once requested for the handle on these Nigerian translations and<br>
>>>>> > was told<br>
>>>>> > it was not yet in the main build, so I guess this is the main<br>
>>>>> > obstacle in<br>
>>>>> > the way of learners accessing the contents, it is important if we can<br>
>>>>> > have<br>
>>>>> > those two translations all possible publicly available builds, so<br>
>>>>> > that<br>
>>>>> > people like us can make case for their use in many fora in Nigeria.<br>
>>>>> ><br>
>>>>> > I support any effort in this direction. +1<br>
>>>>> ><br>
>>>>> > Regards!<br>
>>>>> > David<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> Our current holdings in Nigerian localization can be found on our<br>
>>>>> Pootle server.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> Yoruba<br>
>>>>> <a href="https://translate.sugarlabs.org/yo/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://translate.sugarlabs.or<wbr>g/yo/</a><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> Igbo<br>
>>>>> <a href="https://translate.sugarlabs.org/ibo/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://translate.sugarlabs.or<wbr>g/ibo/</a><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> The vast majority of these translations have been committed to their<br>
>>>>> respective Github repos, to the extent that new versions of those<br>
>>>>> activities have been released since those commits, the translations<br>
>>>>> are now present in ASLO.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> The core UI strings (sugar, sugar-toolkit-gtk3, OLPC_switch_laptop)<br>
>>>>> have also been committed, but to get them visible to users a new build<br>
>>>>> will be required. That would either be a new SOAS build or possibly a<br>
>>>>> custom build as proposed by Laura.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> cjl<br>
>>>>> ______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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>>>>> <a href="mailto:IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br>
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>>>><br>
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>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> --<br>
>>> Walter Bender<br>
>>> Sugar Labs<br>
>>> <a href="http://www.sugarlabs.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.sugarlabs.org</a><br>
>>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> --<br>
>> Laura V.<br>
>> I&D SomosAZUCAR.Org<br>
>><br>
>> “Solo la tecnología libre nos hará libres.”<br>
>> ~ Laura Victoria<br>
>><br>
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