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Re: [i18n-discuss] Review Kickoff : Localeadm Redesign One-pager

Subject: Re: [i18n-discuss] Review Kickoff : Localeadm Redesign One-pager
From: "Fu, Ning"
Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:32:58 +0800
On the other hand, a feature that allows user to add/remove multiple 
regions at once would be beneficial. That is -- localeadm -a ja ko zh.

Btw, http://qa.central/localeadm/xml/LocaleadmXML.xml is not accessible.

Regards,
Harry

Harry Fu wrote:
> Hi, Damien and Peter:
> 
> I have 2 questions regarding the design:
> 1) Is there a way that a user could know --
>     * what packages are installed on the system for a specific locale?
>     * what locales are installed on the system for a specific package?
> I am asking it because it seems that the design relies on SUNW_LOC field 
> provided by package owners very much. However, I think it is likely that 
> some human mistakes may introduce bugs that some packages are missed. 
> Then when a user chooses to add a region, those packages are not 
> installed. In that case, is there a way to identify the issue without 
> extensive testing?
> 
> 2) Can we drop the feature of prompting user with the CD# ?
> Why not just scan CDs from #1 to #N just as the initial installation does?
> It is clumsy, but can save us from the complicated logics, and hence 
> reduce the chances that introduce defects. After all, the number of 
> users using CDs will decline and most of them will not add/remove 
> regions frequently.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Harry
> 
> Damien Donlon wrote:
>> Hi All,
>> Please interpret the attached email as the official kick-off email for
>> GTO review. Jan Trejbal is the sponsor of the project and is also
>> collaborating on it. He is on holidays until next week but would like to
>> start gathering review comments this week.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Damien
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Subject:
>> Localeadm Redesign One-pager Updated
>> From:
>> Damien Donlon <Damien.Donlon@xxxxxxx>
>> Date:
>> Sat, 21 Jul 2007 13:35:04 +0100
>> To:
>> gto@xxxxxxx, Wenling.Chen@xxxxxxx
>>
>> To:
>> gto@xxxxxxx, Wenling.Chen@xxxxxxx
>>
>>
>> Hi All,
>> Attached is a revised one-pager for the redesign of localeadm created by
>> myself and Jan Trejbal. GTO procedural details :
>>
>> Sponsor : Jan Trejbal
>> Approval mechanism/voting: explicit vote
>> Auto-approval after 1 week 
>> Deadline for comments/discussion: 1 week. It can be extended for one
>> more week if needed.
>>
>> Background
>> ------------
>> The one-pager is an extensive reworking of the original design based on
>> discussions with the Caiman installer team who are anxious to be
>> provided by G11n with a new API for identifying installable content
>> during install. 
>>
>> Unfortunately, the original redesign was unacceptable to the Installer
>> team because it called for the use of .virtual_package_toc and other
>> interfaces in the install image. They own these interfaces and could not
>> guarantee their stability for future Solaris releases and requested that
>> we help them in providing a new interface. 
>>  
>> We have flagged particular areas on which we would like comments with
>> the string "GTO".
>>
>> Additional documents references in the one-pager :
>>
>> Example use cases and pseudo-code :
>> http://qa.central/localeadm/use_cases/localeadm-functions.html
>>
>> Latest version of API header file at:
>> http://qa.central/localeadm/c/img_g11n_info.h
>>
>> localeadm.Xml sample at:
>> http://qa.central/localeadm/xml/LocaleadmXML.xml
>>
>> Looking forward to your feedback!
>>
>> Regards,
>> Damien
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
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