[Debian-in-workers] Re: Fwd: debian-in-workers@lists.alioth.debian.org; pravi.a@gmail.com; anivar@hackemail.com; vimaljoseph@gmail.com

[Vivek Varghese Cherian]

On 12/19/06, Christian Perrier <bubulle at debian.org> wrote:
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> Well, naming people if you have conflicts with them would help. Sorry to
> be a little rude here, but I suspect some underlying conflicts in which
> I'm totally an outsider and don't want to take position. But at least, I
> want to understand and try to figure out the whole picture..:-)
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I am not naming individuals but this particular mail is what prompted me to
write my previous mail to this list.


http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/debian-in-workers/2006-September/000560.html



> You already explained me the difference between a "traditional" and
> "simplified" way to write Malayalam. What I understand is that local
> authorities have supported the simplified orthography (I guess with the
> intent to improve literacy...something that was done in China in the
> communist years). Am I right?


    Is that what is called "Old Lipi"/""New Lipi"?


The best place to get the answers is in the indic at unicode.org mailing list.



Even though I perfectly understand that wanting to keep the traditional
> writing style alive is a perfectly valid opinion (preserve cultural
> heritage, etc.), I have the concern of pragmatism when dealing with
> FLOSS localisation: I want our localisation work to be *used*. So, do
> you confirm me that the choice of the "traditional" orthography will not
> make the Malayalam translation an "elite" translation?
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> IMHO, the choice of "traditional" orthography alone will not make the
Malayalam translation an "elite" translation.


-- 
Vivek Varghese Cherian
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