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[Martin Lukeš <martin.meridius@xxxxxxxxx>]

John: By mistake I sent my last mail only to you.

And as John noted "We can't do anything by ourselves", so what the
rest of Ubuntu Manual Team think?

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Regards
Martin Lukeš


2010/2/23 c7p c7p <c7p.admin@xxxxxxxxx>
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> I think the second in conjunction with the first, is viable a solution.
> Automatic script that relies on set system language which will download desired translated pdf. Of course the ubuntu manaul (in English) should be on the live-cd and providing the proper links for anyone who has no access to net and is willing to download the manual in his language .
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> We can't do anything by ourselves, we have to arrange it with canonical. What i think we can do as UM's team is to vote for the best solution and then arrange things with canonical.
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>2010/2/23 Martin Lukeš <martin.meridius@xxxxxxxxx>
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>> What if live CD will contain only original (English) version and for example on first page (before title page) would be a list of links to all other translated versions.
>> Pros:
>> at least one version would be reachable immediately after install
>> saving CD space
>> Con:
>> without Internet there will be no translated manual
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>> OR there will be no pdf at all on CD, but only script (perhaps user friendly, or automatic that relies on set system language) which will download desired translated pdf.
>> Pro:
>> even more saved space on CD
>> Con:
>> without Internet there will be no manual at all
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>> Regards
>> Martin Lukeš
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>> On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 11:25 PM, c7p c7p <c7p.admin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello ,
>>> as we all know the ubuntu's live-cd is ultra-compressed and it can not contain all the translated pdfs.
>>> A reasonable question is; How will the pdfs be accessed by a new user ? From what i understood from ubuntu manual's 48h event, this has to be arranged.
>>>
>>> We have as audience the new users, so the translated manual should be on user's desktop.
>>> They boot on ubuntu for the first time and they need guidance and manual should be there for them in their native language (as long as the translation is finished).
>>> I understand that it can't be put on desktop from live-cd so we need to find alternative solutions.
>>>
>>> When the user selects his native language, the language packages are selected to be downloaded from ubuntu servers, the (translated) ubuntu manual could be selected to be downloaded as well. I think this is an option.
>>> Of course it's canonical's decision if the (translated) manual will be accessible from an official release but it's useless to translate a manual for newcomers that will never be accessed from them.
>>>
>>> I think this issue should be addressed soon.
>>>
>>> - With Regards
>>> John Xygonakis
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