On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Tareq Al Jurf <taljurf(a)fedoraproject.org&gt;

>>Hi Tareq. >> >>Thanks for stepping up. Is there a public discussion thread in the >>Arabic team where this decision was made? What do the rest of the >>members think about this?

> Dimitris, you were involved in that discussion, remember?. lol :D > In 16 Nov 2009 , between me, you, Greg and Sherif Abdelgawad. The subject > was (arabic translation list) > Since then, I've been contacting Munzir Taha the former maintainer. He > gave me some tasks to do. And I'm done with them. Excellent. How is the team building progressing? Munzir, could we have a +1 as well? -d

On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 11:29 PM, Munzir Taha (منذر طه) <munzirtaha(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > On Yaum al-Jumma 17 Rabi` al-Thaani 1431 7:38:21 pm Dimitris Glezos wrote: >> On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Tareq Al Jurf <taljurf(a)fedoraproject.org&gt; > wrote: >> >>Hi Tareq. >> >> >> >>Thanks for stepping up. Is there a public discussion thread in the >> >>Arabic team where this decision was made? What do the rest of the >> >>members think about this? > > Hi all > Dimitris, > During the previous week, I reviewed all Tareq's translations which are sent > privately and pointed out some problems with the translation. He is proceeding > well beside he is enthusiastic about being the maintainer. As you mentioned, > Tareq needs first to contribute via the mailing list and be involved with the > community before a decision by me and the members is made. Great to hear the team is working together! Like all open source communities, the Fedora language teams too thrive when there is a vibrant community/team and leaders grow organically. > I also requested he > learn how to use the current versioning system, if any, (we used to use cvs) > for tracking each other's changes which Tareq doesn't still know how to > handle. He also need to learn how to convert to .mo file and apply translation > to check the context. I also want to see how he reviews others translations. I agree this is a quite important step, as new members request from the more experienced and leaders to help with these tools, and quite often errors are fixed by the maintainer. > Tareq, > I really believe you shouldn't rush for the maintainer, take your time, prove > to the community you can work hard and cooperate well, if they see you > qualified they would vote for you. I would be the first don't worry. I wonder if the wiki pages explain clearly the responsibility the position of a maintainer can mean sometimes. =)

> The current wiki page showing the team coordinators shows Tareq's > name. Is that correct and intended? > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/L10N/Teams Paul, It shouldn't show his name yet. I am still the maintainer till a decision is made based on a vote and discussions on the mailing list beside some skills Tareq needs to master.