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.