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Native-Language Information

Native Language Projects

Apache OpenOffice continues support for the legacy OpenOffice.org Native Language Projects (N-L). The details of how the individual native language areas comply with Apache governance policies is still being discussed/determined (as of 16-Mar-2012).

Currently, the scope of Native Language support consists of:

• Hosting of native language websites on www.openoffice.org. Established native language "friendly" links have also established — for example, fr.openoffice.org
• Native language mailing lists (as requested and needed). The establishment of any native language mailing list requires the approval of Apache OpenOffice PMC and typically at least two moderators. Requests for additional native language mailing lists can be made via the dev mailing list.
• Native Language User Support Forums (for some languages).
• A Pootle server to aid with translation. Some information about Pootle can be found here. The Translation page provides information on how to help with translation efforts.

If you are interested is initiating (or re-starting) a native language project, you might find the recent information posted on the Apache OpenOffice Planning wiki helpful. This is a planning document only at this time, but it accurately reflects the typical process for establishing a native language area.

Native Language Mailing Lists

Legacy OpenOffice.org were not automatically migrated to Apache OpenOffice. New native language mailing lists for the project are made at the request of an Apache OpenOffice PMC (Project Management Committee) member, and after discussion and consensus on the dev mailing list. Additionally new mailing lists typically require at least two moderators to be established. Initiate setup requests through: dev@openofifce.apache.org

Native language mailing lists (This list is manually maintained and may not be up to date):

• users-de@openoffice.apache.org (German users mailing list)
• general-ja@openoffice.apache.org (General Japanese mailing list)
• general-es@openoffice.apache.org (General Spanish mailing list)
• progetto-it@openoffice.apache.org (Italian project mailing list)
• utenti-it@openoffice.apache.org (Italian users mailing list)
• users-fr@openoffice.apache.org (French users mailing list)
• geral-ptbr@openoffice.apache.org (General Portuguese from Brazil mailing list)

Additional information and archives for these list as well as any other Apache mailing list can be found at the Available Mailing List page.

Subscribe to any of these lists using the following format:

"list name"-subscribe@openoffice.apache.org

For example:

users-de-subscribe@openoffice.apache.org

Additional Information

The legacy web site Native Language page continues to be a valuable resource in learning more about OpenOffice.org's native language endeavors.