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Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 16:41:00 -0400
From: Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>
To: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Call for locales maintainer & contributors

On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 09:43:34PM +0200, Wermut wrote:
> Hi
> 
> With the exception of the musl translation itself, I think the most
> parts are doable. My problem at the moment is, that I am not a C hero
> like you guys and don't know exactly how these locale files should
> look like (file format, content). As a consequence fully answering
> your questions is non trivial at the moment. I can do some research
> and do some dirty work, but first I would need a sample locale file in
> the musl format, or some documentation to get kick started. I have
> worked in the past and even created locale files for glibc and cldr,
> so I am at least not a complete newbie on the topic.
> 
> Unfortunately I have not enough time to act as a maintainer, but I
> could periodically help out if someone stands up and take the lead.
> 
> For the translation of musl itself: Do you plan to add a *.pot file to
> the musl repository?

Is a .pot file a "template" .po file for translation purposes? If so,
I think this would be a very reasonable thing to add, but somebody
needs to make it. Making that might actually be the best place to
start for someone interested in getting translations going.

Rich

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