User:Mstone/Notes/Localization 1

In order to qualify a release for a locale, we must consider whether we "have correct <noun>" or / "can correctly <verb>" each of:

(hw)

• power adapters
• certifications
• keyboard silkscreening
• ???

(software)

• keyboard maps for X + the Linux virtual terminals
• locale/collation data
• render text in the correct direction
• layout complex orthography
• free fonts
• input methods
• multi-language configuration
• translations of the UI and important pieces of content
• dictionaries + spellchecking
• 'sensitivity' checks for offensive words/concepts
• QA resources sufficient to maintain these items according to our software support policies for the release.

(misc)

• deployment guide
• issue escalation path
• country-provided rollout plan??
• ???

A separate issue which must be agreed upon by all of us is which of these items are necessary to qualify a build and keyboard for deployment at scale XXX.

Locales of Present Interest

   en_US    (English: America)

   es_PE?   (Spanish: Peru, Uruguay, Mexico, Colombia?, Argentina?, Panama?, Equitorial Guinea?)
   es_UY
   es_ME

   mn_MN?   (???: Mongolia)

   fr_RW?   (French: Rwanda, Senegal?)
   fr_???

   ht_HT    (Kreyol: Haiti)
   am_ET    (Amharic: Ethiopia)
   kh_CA?   (Khmer: Cambodia)
   fa_AF    (Dari: Afghanistan)   (prs_AF)
   ???      (???: Thailand)
   hi_HI    (Hindi: India)
   pt_BR    (Portuguese: Brazil)
   
   ar_IQ    (Arabic: Palestine, Iraq, Egypt?)
   ar_LB

   ???      (Oceania)
   it_IT?   (Italian: Italy)
   ???      (Turkey)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-2_codes