[Po4a-devel] Bug#827936: po4a: please implement support for Ruby document format

[Martin Quinson]

Hello Francesco,

did you manage to do any progress on this front? Is there anything I
could do to help?

Mt

On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 06:00:17PM +0200, Francesco Poli wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Jun 2016 11:36:46 +0200 Martin Quinson wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> 
> Hello Martin, thanks for your prompt reply.
> 
> > 
> > the truth is that the development of po4a is kinda stopped since a few
> > years. We do the basic maintainance, like reviewing and applying
> > proposed patches (with some delays), but I don't manage to devote any
> > time to the new wanted features myself. I'm sorry about that, but this
> > is a fact.
> 
> OK, I assume the same holds for the other upstream authors of po4a
> (or do you just speak for yourself?).
> 
> > 
> > As a result, I think that you should develop this module yourself.
> 
> I can try, with some help from you and the other po4a upstream
> developers.
> 
> > I
> > understand that Perl will make your brain burn as a Ruby programmer,
> 
> My brain is probably already burnt, due to overexposure to Fortran, but
> I digress...    ;-)
> 
> The fact is that I haven't programmed in Perl for about 14 years and my
> Perl knowledge was just a smattering anyway, so bear with me!
> 
> > but at the end, developping a new module for po4a is very easy. And I
> > can guide you in this process if you go that way.
> 
> Your guidance will be much appreciated, thanks a lot!
> 
> > 
> > Check the doc on writing a new module, here:
> >   man Locale::Po4a::TransTractor
> 
> I will study this soon, thanks for pointing it out.
> In the meanwhile, I have to study the Ruby document format description
> in more detail.
> 
> > 
> > I think that this is a good idea to keep both the upstream list and
> > the debian bug in CC while discussing it. It will ensure both a good
> > diffusion and a good archiving of the discussions.
> 
> OK, I am replying to both the bug address and the po4a-devel mailing
> list.
> Please keep me in Cc, when replying (as I am not subscribed to the
> mailing list or to the bug). Thanks.
> 
> Bye.
> 
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